Just more data ...I think. Thanks for the help.

I did a cold boot this afternoon-starting up my athlon box
and choosing kernel 2.4.26 I had no problem with the start up.

I did get those devfs not supported messages. I will read the man
on udev, but I don't know how much I'm willing to mess with my system
Also since 2.4 "seems to be" not affected I'll go with that.

I would like to know more about those devfs messages so I'll
continue the learning curve. How high is it-can't see the top from here

Thanks again and good luck with your computer(s) If you get any more info
I'll definately look at it.