hi all, At present i'm having linux kernel 2.4.18.Now i want to compile kernel 2.6.0...... i've compiled the kernel successfully, and all the entries have been made in "/etc/lilo.conf" file...But when i try to boot the system from <<<Snipped>> You need to give an option init=/dev/hdaX where X is the drive from which linux boots in lilo.conf. Rerun lilo and everything should run fine. -Manu -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/