Hi, With thanks to the guys on the #mipslinux IRC channel my Indy (dino) is booting. Points: 1) I needed to put an sa=hostip in the bootp to point to my server. 2) The 2.4.x kernels will not boot from Sash on my machine - they are OK via bootp/tftp. 3) The ncurses in the base off /ftp.uni-mainz.de/pub/Linux/debian-local/mips/ is duff; but there is a slightly newer ncurses in there which springs it into life. (My green gun is going now - but my red is off - time to hack the little lead for the 13w3). Dave -- ---------------- Have a happy GNU millennium! ---------------------- / Dr. David Alan Gilbert | Running GNU/Linux on Alpha, | Happy \ \ gro.gilbert @ treblig.org | 68K,MIPS,x86,ARM and SPARC | In Hex / \ ___________________________|___ http://www.treblig.org |_______/