2.6.17-git7 was the last development kernel to boot on my U5. 2.6.17-git8 to -git15 all hang immediately after being loaded. 2.6.17-git16 to 2.6.18-rc1 partially boot but crash and burn in different places depending on kernel configuration: my standard config got alignment exceptions in the floppy driver followed by (sabre?) PCI errors and a hang; a minimal kernel gets further but fails "su" probe and then oopses hard when the /dev/hda partition table is about to be printed. I'll try to capture the kernel messages soon, but I don't have a null-modem serial cable to the U5 yet, and my attempts to use a digital camera only resulted in blurry pictures of the screen :-( /Mikael - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe sparclinux" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html