> I suspect Kudzu is seeing the additional ports now that the kernel is build to > use them but I don't understand why it causes a problem with booting. Not to be mean, but this is one of the reasons the irc support channel chooses to not support kernel builds. It's likely that you're missing either an unspecified build dependency, or you've marked something in the kernel incorrectly in the config it's using to build. You may need to consult the build logs (assuming you kept them) and look for errors and the like. What you're running into is part of the "fun" of the rebuild process. Now you get to test it and figure out what broke. > Anyone ever seen this? > > Thanks to all that have help me get this far. You guys have been great. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell