Posted in Novice group but maybe should have posted here... Ok, I give up! I've NEVER had this much trouble installing ANY Linux product!! After 1.5 days I finally got a complete minimal install. Rebooted and during the boot process I get this message... [cut] hda: QUANTUM FIREBALL_TM3200A, 3067MB w/76kB Cache, CHS=779/128/63 hdc: ATAPI 4X CD-ROM drive, 120kB Cache Uniform CDROM driver Revision: 2.55 Floppy drive(s) fd0 is 1.44M FDC 0 is an 8277A md driver 0.36.6 MAX_MD_DEV=4, MAX_REAL=8 scsi : 0 hosts. scsi : detected total. Partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference and it dies there! What is going on? I'm SO frustrated that I'm about ready to put Windows 98 on the computer and pitch Mandrake out the window. Any help VERY MUCH appreciated. Thanks... Ron Smith Boise, Idaho