On Sun, 12 Mar 2000, Stefan said: > i still don't see why compiling a kernel on your own is a problem. i > have never used a precompiled kernel, and i never had problems. Same here. IMHO, kernel-image packages are nice, but AFAIK, most users benifit from recompiling the kernel at some point anyway. I almost always find it necessary to do so after an install. -ptw