We haven't even changed the kernel on debian.novare.net yet, but we got the watchdog timer working (it was broken before) and it did indeed reboot the system when there was a problem. I will, however, see about changing the kernel before some file gets corrupted. Bruce -- Bruce Perens K6BP Bruce@Pixar.com 510-215-3502 Finger bruce@master.Debian.org for PGP public key. PGP fingerprint = 88 6A 15 D0 65 D4 A3 A6 1F 89 6A 76 95 24 87 B3