Jon, I haven't found a solution - in fact I haven't had a chance to try the newer kernels (~2.5.63), and they may fix the problem.. Many people have responded privately to that message saying that they are experiencing the problem. perhaps we should keep this discussion on the kernelnewbies list, since it may be a serious problem that needs to be solved. What hardware are you running? I have tried this on a Tyan Tiger 230 and a 230T (2xP3 1GHz, 512MB ECC, 2xP3866MHz, 1GB ECC respectively). > >Uncompressing Linux... Ok. Booting the kernel. > > We are having exactly the same problem :-( Did you find a solution in the > end? > > Jon. > -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/