Guys, I need help recovering from a failure to boot. I updated the kernel to kernel26-2.6.34.1-1 and booted once without issue. I then just configured kdemod3 a bit and went to reboot and now the boot process sticks at the message: "Setting Console to UTF-8 Mode" Huh? I tried the fallback kernel, and it sticks at the same point. Double Huh? I don't understand how it could boot once, then not boot anymore, especially since it sticks at the weird UTF-8 message. That just seems like a weird place to stop in the boot process. When it sticks, the box is hardlocked. I have to power-off to get out of there. ctrl+alt+del or ctrl+c, etc. has no effect. I can boot the new install medium just fine and I can chroot the system under a mount point, but I don't know how to go about fixing or even figuring out this problem. Can anyone offer any suggestions or help explaining what I should try to get the box going again? Thanks. -- David C. Rankin, J.D.,P.E. Rankin Law Firm, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 Telephone: (936) 715-9333 Facsimile: (936) 715-9339 www.rankinlawfirm.com