On Sun, 26 Sep 1999, you wrote: >Also, Mandrake's version has a > problem with unmounting its stuff when shutting down, it fails very often > and goes through some sort of scandisk at startup. Never happened while I > was trying RedHat 6. > Known problem. Go update the kernel and init scrips from the Mandrake 6.0 "upgrades" directory. This has been posted HUNDREDS of times in various mailing lists. Go to www.linux-mandrake.com and find one of the mirror sites, go get the new kernel rpm file (you should ONLY need *ONE* kernel RPM file -- ie kernel-<version>.i586.rpm, as well as the initscripts rpm. Alternatively, you may try buying the Mandrake 6.1 Cheapbytes CD and upgrade your Mandrake 6 install. John