On Tue, 19 Apr 2005, Kathy Wills wrote: > title Debian GNU/Linux, kernel 2.6.12-rc2.050419 > root (hd0,0) > kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.12-rc2.050419 root=/dev/hda3 ro where is the kernel living ?? /boot/vmlinuz* or /vmlinuz* ?? initrd is not needed for your custom kernel, unless oyu need the scsi driver or nic drivers that wasnt built into the kernel in which case you'd need to customize the initrd and /linuxrc c ya alvin