This small patch fixes silo-1.4.8/first-isofs/isofs.c Copying an int into a string is not a good idea. Sun4c now loads second.b and the kernel, but still barfs loading the initrd. boot: Loaded kernel version 2.4.27 Loading initial ramdisk (905216 bytes at 0x0 phys, 0x300000 virt)... Data Access ExceptionType b (boot), c(continue), or n (new command mode) > Does anyone know what is wrong here ?