When i try to compile a monolithic kernel on IBM x305 the kernel boots perfectly, but there are some script error trying to load modules although it was a monolithic kernel. So i pass 'nomodules nofirewire nousb' to the kernel option on the grub.conf looks like this: /vmlinuz nomodules nofirewire nousb root=/dev/md1 and try to reboot, but the boot process just stops after Uncompressing linux kernel...... without the 'nomodules ...', it wont even boot with vga=790 option. with other machine I try, theres no problem. So i thought this was IBM xSeries issue. any one have the same problem, and know how to solve this? cheers, julius.