Figured how to add the extra line to PALO So now have. 0: '0/vmlinux 1:ramdisk_size=16384 2: root=/dev/ram 3: initrd=0/ramdisk 4: init=/linuxrc' 5: console=tty0 6: sti=10/1/4/0 7: sti_font=VGA8x16 8: TERM=linux Get exactly the same result though. Thanks for more input. W.