I am using a downloaded-from-source 2.4.7 kernel on a Redhat 7.1 system and it seems to be fine. However, the system does b-g-r all a large part of the day, as it is being used only as a 'spare' and for occosional web surfing. Tim -- Gllug mailing list - Gllug at linux.co.uk http://list.ftech.net/mailman/listinfo/gllug