Don, This may not be helpful but the one thing I discovered about Linux is that if there is even a hint of hardware problems it does not install nicely and it's a nightmare to configure. I didn't know I had an I/O problem or bad memory as the problems were not consistent or persistent, but L-M knew it. Every piece of software required a forced install. By the time the problems were resolved I'd installed three new boards, 256 new memory and 4 new video cards. It is amazing the difference in sys performance now. Pj
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