i got this info on #debian-boot which may help: - the message points to a missing initramfs - you get this message if no initramfs is around, so unless mistaken this smells isolinux to me. - I'd ask him to try the dailies, irc isolinux got fixes for broken bios'es. So, can you try with the dailies? -- Melhores cumprimentos/Best regards, Miguel Figueiredo http://www.DebianPT.org