Ok, got it done. I started again from the start of the guide. I was already running 2.6 so I loaded up the .config from that added NTFS, removed some odds and sods and compiled. I still got the initrd error but carried on as before. This time I replaced the system.map link with the one specified. (kept a backup copy though). Changed my grub back to reading: title Fedora Core (2.6.4Custom) root (hd0,4) kernel /boot/bzImage-2.6.4Custom ro root=LABEL=/ rhgb acpi=on initrd /boot/initrd-2.6.4Custom.img and yes i did keep the other entries. and the result of all this effort. IT WORKS!! woohoo. I have NTFS support. As well as a slightly more compact and more modern kernel. One Question? I used the 'bzImage' file as per the guide. But all the other boot files are 'vmlinuz'. This existed in my compile directory, should I have used that instead? Thanks for all the help guys Adam
