Ah good....got to installfb, alas...I get the same result alas. http://i290.photobucket.com/albums/ll269/DigiDemon/boot.jpg That's from my 12.0 dvd boot, but I see the exact same thing with 12.1. I have a Debian boot that flashes this screen, but it continues to boot. Checksumming looked good as well on the 12.1 dvd. It's really weird. Thanks for the boot information. James On 6/11/08 11:22 AM, "Adrian Ulrich" <adrian@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> How do I get into failsafe? Typing failsafe at the kernel prompt gives me >> an error. > > Sorry, i meant 'installfb' > > You can hit 'tab' at the yaboot prompt to get a list of all kernels >