Thank you very much for your help so far! Here's an update and another question: Updates: 1. Had to attach a console (we have XZ graphics not XL) 2. An ecoff kernel image downloaded fine. The ELF ones download halfway and fail silently (even with the console attached) Question: As the vmlinux-indy-2.2.1-990226.ecoff kernel begins the boot sequence, it hangs at "unable to open initial console." I had unpacked the filesystem on linux as the FAQ suggests, and my device files look right. So, on the NFS server, I symlinked /dev/console to /dev/ttyS0. Now the message is replaced with a cryptic: "S<<<<<" Perhaps that kernel doesn't have console support? Is there any other explanation for the "S<<<<<" failure where I used to see "...initial console?" I'd like to try a different kernel but I can't find an elf2ecoff binary. Does anyone have this converted or a known-good ecoff kernel? Ken