Hardware list attached, and config. When scanning disk at the start of the install, exits with "signal 13 (0)" and no log entry. Just as the kvm dies there's a switch from the blue install screen to a white on black screen, and a message displays for a fraction of a sec, unreadably fast. I dount it's hardware, memtest was recently run 12hr, and installs of DragonFlyBSD and FreeBSD work. I have two patches applied, diff also attached. Running qemu user mode works, running xen-install does exactly the sdame thing. Obviously I would rather run kvm. Any other info needed, or things to try, let me know. I did run with -d, nothing written in qemu.log. -- Bill Davidsen He was a full-time professional cat, not some moonlighting ferret or weasel. He knew about these things.