Hi, I tried to boot the 2.6.10 kernel after making some changes to it in .config. I got the "All of your loopback devices are in use" error, as shown. sh /usr/src/linux-2.6.10/arch/i386/boot/install.sh 2.6.10 arch/i386/boot/bzImage System.map "" All of your loopback devices are in use. mkinitrd failed make[1]: *** [install] Error 1 make: *** [install] Error 2 I am on a Dell poweredge 2300, P3. By the way losetup did not work. help required! Sai __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site! http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ -- Kernelnewbies: Help each other learn about the Linux kernel. Archive: http://mail.nl.linux.org/kernelnewbies/ FAQ: http://kernelnewbies.org/faq/