Hi Group, A while ago I compiled a new kernel and when booting it for the first time got the error message EBDA too big. This I resolved according to bug report 106898 by editing /usr/share/misc/magic.Now this error message has returned and the magic file is correct as far as the bug fix is concerned. Any ideas? even the definition of EBDA would be helpful as it might point me in the right direction. tia tim