Comparing the versions of the RPMs that came with shrike, it seems like the only thing that is needed is to add mod-init-tools in order to use a 2.5 kernel. When I try and boot I get a kernel panic that complains that there is no init. I'm using the same root partition as with my stock RH kernels so I don't understand what could be the problem. Can anyone help? Tony ====== [root@xxxxxxxx root]# depmod -V module-init-tools 0.9.12 ====== # grub.conf generated by anaconda # # Note that you do not have to rerun grub after making changes to this file # NOTICE: You do not have a /boot partition. This means that # all kernel and initrd paths are relative to /, eg. # root (hd0,0) # kernel /boot/vmlinuz-version ro root=/dev/hda1 # initrd /boot/initrd-version.img #boot=/dev/hda default=1 timeout=10 splashimage=(hd0,0)/boot/grub/splash.xpm.gz title 2.5.70 root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.5.70 ro root=/dev/hda1 initrd /boot/initrd-2.5.70.img title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-18.9) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-18.9 ro root=LABEL=/ idebus=66 hdc=ide-scsi pci=biosirq initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20-18.9.img title Red Hat Linux (2.4.20-8) root (hd0,0) kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.4.20-8 ro root=LABEL=/ idebus=66 hdc=ide-scsi pci=biosirq initrd /boot/initrd-2.4.20-8.img -- Anthony Joseph Seward <anthony.seward@xxxxxxxx>