Andrew Morton wrote: > ftp://ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/people/akpm/patches/2.6/2.6.7/2.6.7-mm7/ Still hangs on boot, like -mm5 did, 1. just after the ide0 recognition, last lines are: hda: QSI CD-RW/DVD-ROM SBW-242, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive Using anticipatory io scheduler ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7, 0x3f6 on irq14 2. just after the ACPI processor module insert, last line is ACPI: Processor [CPU0] (supports C1, C2, C3, 8 throttling states) 2.6.7-bk20 runs fine instead. Bye. -- Stefano RIVOIR