Vijay Gill wrote: > Just another thought. Do I need noapic and nolapic etc as kernel > params during boot? Currently I do not have those but I still remember > using those long time ago to install Mandrake (before it became > Mandriva) Linux. These things should just work, and if they don't, you'd know about it. Since you've got as far as you have, they're unlikely to be a problem. If you want to play with kernel parameters, try noacpi. A dodgy ACPI implementation on your motherboard could cause problems. Hope this helps, James. -- E-mail: james@ | Bond films are about seducing beautiful girls, gadgets, aprilcottage.co.uk | and defeating supervillains who never seem to learn that | the way to deal with James Bond is simply to shoot him. | -- Professor Steven Dutch