I installed Mandrake 8.2Beta2 and tried the option which update packages. I selected one a mirror site where to get the updates and for some reason there was a failure upon installing the updated packages. It also halted the installation process and force me to reboot without even reaching the part where I have to install the boot loader and X window configuration. I would like to suggest for good that such an option on installation be move to the last part after everything to make sure that the system would still work in case there's an error during the updating of packages. This is to avoid the whole installation process all over again. -- Vernie