More info on the partitioning problem: I did a manual install and selected the "all files in one partition" pre-defined recipe. Machine locked up during filesystem creation of /boot (status bar shows 37% done if that means anything) Paul. -- Paul Telford | 1024D/431B38BA | pxt@debian.org | paul@droflet.net C903 0E85 9AF5 1B80 6A5F F169 D7E9 4363 431B 38BA