For those of us that have to build for both LPAR and VM, you might consider adding this code to /etc/init.d/boot.local
if [ $(grep -c "version = FF" /proc/cpuinfo) != 0 ] then /sbin/sysctl -w kernel.hz_timer=0 fi Regards, Jim Linux S/390-zSeries Support, SEEL, IBM Silicon Valley Labs t/l 543-4021, 408-463-4021, [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Grace Happens ***