The same kernel panic is observed when using 2.4.19-pre6 or 2.4.19-pre5-ac3: Panic dump below: ====================================================================================== Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000020 Printing eip: c01bac4 *pde = 00000000 Oops: 0000 CPU: 0 EIP: 0010: [] Not tainted EFLAGS: 00010202 eax: 00000000 ebx: c02d3de0 ecx: c1347540 edx: 00000001 esi: c02d3e14 edi: cff348e4 ebp: 00000016 esp: c134bf08 ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 process: swapper (pid 1, stackpage=c134b000) stack: c02d4060 00000001 c01b6996 c0237660 00000080 c01a3406 c0233f55 c036b0f0 00000001 00701a00 00000000 0007122a 23297375 00010021 00218000 c036b0f0 call trace: [][][][][][][[][][][] Code: 8b 40 20 c7 40 24 00 00 00 00 a1 a0 3e 2d c0 59 89 15 c4 cf <0> Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! ======================================================================================================================================= Durning boot it stopped at: hdc: ATAPI 48X CD-ROM drive, 128kB Cache, UDMA(33) Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 =========================== Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda4 Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 =========================== Here is the standard dmesg info using my current kernel this is just to tell you the hardware on this PIII: Here's also info from lspci: 00:00.0 Host bridge: Intel Corp. 82815 815 Chipset Host Bridge and Memory Controller Hub (rev 02) 00:01.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82815 815 Chipset AGP Bridge (rev 02) 00:1e.0 PCI bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA/CA PCI Bridge (rev 02) 00:1f.0 ISA bridge: Intel Corp. 82801BA ISA Bridge (LPC) (rev 02) 00:1f.1 IDE interface: Intel Corp. 82801BA IDE U100 (rev 02) 00:1f.2 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub (rev 02) 00:1f.3 SMBus: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM SMBus (rev 02) 00:1f.4 USB Controller: Intel Corp. 82801BA/BAM USB (Hub (rev 02) 01:00.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc 3D Rage Pro AGP 1X/2X (rev 5c) 02:0a.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02) 02:0c.0 Ethernet controller: Intel Corp. 82557/8/9 [Ethernet Pro 100] (rev 08) Also attached is my .config: Hope this can help :-) -- Shawn Starr Developer Support Engineer Datawire Communication Networks Inc. 10 Carlson Court, Suite 300 Toronto, ON, M9W 6L2 T: 416-213-2001 ext 179 F: 416-213-2008