Hi, some days ago i wrote about a kernel panic. Since you have Kernel2.6.5. in d-i everything is fine. Machine: selfmade Processor: AMD ATHLON 64 3200+ Memory: 1024 MB (2x512Mb) Root Device: SATA Hitachi 120 Gb at VIA6420 Root Size/partition table: hde1: ca. 80Gb Windows hde2: ca. 18GB / hde3: ca. 20GB /home hde4: ca. 2GB swap greets alex