The system boot with: Linux version 2.6.26-1-486 (Debian 2.6.26-8) (waldi@debian.org) (gcc version 4.1.3 20080623 (prerelease) (Debian 4.1.2-23)) #1 Thu Oct 9 14:22:52 UTC 2008 I report a "upgrade problem": with etch my system works with 2.6.18-6-686, upgrade install 2.6.26-1-686 without any questions... After upgrade the system does not boot. cheers, Alessandro