This page supplies a kernel mod to deal with flaky DIMM's (ones with known "bad spots", detectable through Memtest86 or some such). http://home.zonnet.nl/vanrein/badram/ Memtest86 might be a good diagnostic for some of the weirder stability problems reported here. http://reality.sgi.com/cbrady_denver/memtest86/ Tres. -- ========================================================= Tres Seaver tseaver@digicool.com tseaver@palladion.com