although none of you wrote to tell me it specifically, I did find the solution finally. Patched 14 to 15, applied RAID patch for 15, patched 15 to 16, applied security patch to 16. The kernel is now up-n-running. Thanks for beating me with a clue-by-four. :) jaz ________________________________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
