Hello Another thing I have noticed is that if I copy the files to and from disk prior to starting xine playback it will work.
ie. This works: hdparm -d1 /dev/hda mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/disk Run in four windows simulataneously: while true; do /root/driver Super.mpg $1 " This program uses mmap io to copy the src file to the dest file." sync md5sum Super.mpg sync; md5sum $1; rm $1; sync; done Kill all the scripts. startx start xine run the super.mpg video from /mnt/disk. It works flawlessly. and This doesn't: reboot hdparm -d1 /dev/hda mount /dev/hda2 /mnt/disk startx start xine run the super.mpg video from /mnt/disk. I will get nfsroot errors about nfs server not responding. then ksymoops with xine making the last system call. JD