I haven't been following this thread so forgive me if this has already been mentioned. I had a similar problem with a Redhat install on an old HP Omnibook 800. The problem turned out to be that the defaults for the kernel I built was using features that weren't available on a P-166. Once I changed the target CPU and rebuilt the kernel everything was fine. I also seem to recall hearing about someone having a similar type of issue that was wrapped up in support for hyperthreaded CPUs if you're on the other side of the tech frontier. --rick Samuel MacDonald wrote: > Have I tried Gentoo for the last time? > > I've followed the instructions to the letter > I've used the "printed" instructions as a check list to install > I've used both Grub and Lilo as the boot loader > Lilo is the present boot loader > > I get the same results with either boot loader > Reboot, Reboot, Reboot > > I've booted with the CD to look at the files to see if I fat fingered > nope... > I've looked at lilo.conf and fstab > I've changed settings of the both and put them back > nothing wrong... according to the instructions > > I just can't figure out what I've done that prevents this from working. > I want this to work but it's now become a joke that it doesn't work > I've installed from scratch 5 times and I get the same results every > time. > > I know your all thinking "what's he doing wrong, the dope!" I've > followed > the instructions from the Gentoo website to the letter. > > The only thing I can think of that may be causing this, is that I used > dban to > wipe this disk before I started. > > Sam. > > IMHO > I believe that any average user would have put M$ on this machine > by this time. > > _______________________________________________ > TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota > http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org > https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list