>>Start = 0x80100608, range = (0x80100000,0x8024015f), format = SREC >>YAMON> go . nfsroot=192.168.149.1:/c/linux/mipseb ip=192.168.149.116 >> >>LINUX started... >>EURfÐñoeíï>ßüÿû_ÿÿö~ÿÿ¿ßÿë¬RÿßïþëÿÛþïùúßm»>ÿÿÿûÿë®Þýí}®¿ùýoÞ÷ÿï?mÿêó¯Íëýïÿ³ÿ >>ÿÝûïî¯÷ÿïÿûÿÏÿÿ¿¯ÿý»ºÿgÿ¿ÿ~ÿÿßþÿûþêþÿ÷ÿÿïÿê÷×¢ÿh«Ïÿßýïÿÿþûÿÿýûÿ{ÿ®ÿÿÿÿß÷/óÿí looks like your serial port baud rate is wrong. At some stage, the current setting (left by YAMON) gets overwritten by UART setup in Linux. Try changing: go . nfsroot=192.168.149.1:/c/linux/mipseb ip=192.168.149.116 to: go . nfsroot=192.168.149.1:/c/linux/mipseb ip=192.168.149.116 console=ttyS0,38400 (38400 is the baud rate.. use the value you want) Just my guess.. worth as much as you paid for it!! Neal.