I meant to say rsyncing a large volume of files over the network TO the machine seems to work ok, but rsyncing a large volume of files FROM the machine causes the kernel panic. The earlier version of the rt73 driver that works shows version 1.0.4.0 in /var/log/messages at load time. -- [David Keegan dksw@eircom.net 353 1 2988743] [56 Roebuck Downs Dublin 14 IRELAND]