Ok thanks guys. I wondered why it was so quiet.

Well I installed the 2.6 kernel and it boots - but I only get about 10 seconds in and then I get a kernel panic.

The error message I get is:

Code:
/etc/rcS.d/S20module-init-tools: 

line 33: 93 Segmentation fault modprobe $args <6>

Warning: process 'update' used the obsolete bdflush sysyem call.

Fix your initscripts?
Now I suspect that this is because there are a bunch of scripts that need updating too - but again as this is debian and not Gentoo I haven't got a clue where to start.

In Gentoo it is simply /etc/init.d/kernel-version and in this directory there is a simple text file that tells the kernel what modules to use at boot time.

I noticed that debian also has this directory - although in this instance it is filled with what seem to be a rather more complete set of scripts. For eample one file I found in there was a script to automatically configure my Audigy 2 sound card. It actually works very well - and I guess the question is how to get it to run at boot time so that my card is always correctly configured.

However before I do that, I would very much like to figure out how to get a 2.6x kernel properly running - as I am keen not to be left behind as work on 2.6x progresses.

Any advice anyone can offer would therefore be very much appreciated.

Kind regards,

G. J