Hello I am using a Gigabyte 6VXDC7 Dual Pentium III MB. This motherboard uses a Via 694 chipset. cf http://www.giga-byte.com/products/6vxdc7.htm With the 2.4.0-test11-pre1 kernel the system freezes during boot. I suspect APIC pbs. Can anybody help me ? Thanks. Vincent Below is the content of the screen when 2.4.0-test11-pre1 freezes during boot. Getting VERSION : 40011 Getting VERSION : 40011 Getting ID : 0 Getting ID : f000000 Getting LVT0 : 700 Getting LVT1 : 400 enabled ExtINT on CPU#0 ESR value before enabling vector : 00000084 ESR value after enabling vector : 00000000 CPU present map : 3 Booting processor 1/1 eip 2000 Setting warm reset code and vector 1 2 3 Asserting INIT Waiting for send to finish... + Deasserting INIT. Waiting for send to finish... +# startup loops : 2 Sending STARTUP #1. After apic_write Startup point 1 Waiting for send to finish... + - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/