>Well just booted 2.6.0 on my Alpha LX164 I was unable to get a "LX164" specific 2.6 kernel to boot on my alpha LX164. The machine would lock hard either when it was probing the SCSI adaptor or when the first packet went out on the NIC. However, a "generic" 2.6 kernel worked quite happily. Cheers, Guy Coates -- Guy Coates, Informatics System Group The Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge, CB10 1SA, UK Tel: +44 (0)1223 834244 ex 7199