I'm going to try that test install again. My complaint about the /vmlinuz symbolic link may have been spurious (due to bad computer hardware or brain wetware). More news as it happens. Bruce -- -- Attention Radio Amateurs: For information on "Linux for Hams", -- read the WWW page http://www.hams.com/LinuxForHams, -- or e-mail the word "help" to info@hams.com