folks, Im finding that using a config like this: SERIAL 0 19200 #IPAPPEND 2 PROMPT 1 TIMEOUT 100 IMPLICIT 0 APPEND console=ttyS0,19200n81 root=/dev/nfs nfsaddrs=10.10.10.100:10.10.10.2:10.10.10.2:255.255.255.0:soekris:eth0 nfsroot=10.10.10.2:/nfshost/truck panic=15 LABEL deb268 KERNEL vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-386 initrd=initrd.img-2.6.8-1-386 panic=10 LABEL deb268-ram KERNEL vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-386 APPEND console=ttyS0,19200n81 initrd=initrd.img-2.6.8-1-386 root=/dev/ram0 nfsaddrs=10.10.10.100:10.10.10.2:10.10.10.2:255.255.255.0:soekris:eth0 nfsroot=10.10.10.2:/nfshost/truck panic=10 the first Label fails, the 2nd one works. In the latter, I can see initrd .............., ie initrd download is happening, in the former it is not. IOW, the label-specific arguments are lost. Its not just an initrd= find error, cuz the panic happens in 15 (from global), not 10 (from label). Its also not due to IPAPPEND, cuz I commented that out as a test. working: Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,19200n81 initrd=initrd.img-2.6.8-1-386 root=/dev/ram0 nfsaddrs=10.10.10.100:10.10.10.2:10.10.10.2:255.255.255.0:soekris:eth0 nfsroot=10.10.10.2:/nfshost/truck panic=10 BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-386 BOOTIF=01-00-00-24-c2-46-c8 failing - no initrd download Kernel command line: console=ttyS0,19200n81 root=/dev/nfs nfsaddrs=10.10.10.100:10.10.10.2:10.10.10.2:255.255.255.0:soekris:eth0 nfsroot=10.10.10.2:/nfshost/truck panic=15 BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz-2.6.8-1-386 BOOTIF=01-00-00-24-c2-46-c8 Im not much of an assembler, im afraid.. I hope this is a- easy to fix, b- my mistake. Its obviously easy to work around. OT - is there a 'standard' way of providing options to /linuxrc in an initrd file ? Forex: /linuxrc INITRD_OPTS=foobar tia