"Generally that message means you have not compiled or installed the module for your network card, or the "alias eth0 ..." line in /etc/conf.modules is wrong or missing. If your system worked with the old kernel, the former is more likely." I did not make any changes in menuconfig. Does the above alias eth0 comes defaultly by Blesson - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/