Hi again, Terribly sorry, I just after that mail (don't you just hate it when that happens?) I found a link to alex's kernal page and the GENERICB22 kernel seems to work so far .. ie it boots. adrian -- Adrian M. Fowler | Time flies like an arrow | adrian@dcs.qmw.ac.uk | Fruit flies like a banana | http://www.dcs.qmw.ac.uk/~adrian | |