I tried to compile a custom 2.4.22 kernel - when I boot it I get a VFS kernel panic error saying it cannot open root device LABEL=/ or 00:00. I'm looking through xconfig to see if I don't have devfs setup. I used the .config included with fedora core kernel source. It doesn't surprise me that the .config isn't accurate - I couldn't get the fedora core source to compile acpi, so i think it's not an accurate source tree. Any pointers the devfs issue is appreciated. thanks -- W. Chris Shank ACE Technology Group, LLC chris.shank@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx http://www.acetechgroup.com