Well I downloaded the MandrakeFreq iso files and installed them. The install was good and I could actually boot into Mandrake 8.0 for the first time with my Promise ATA100 controller card. Much thanks go to Civileme who has been helping me to get the release version of Mandrake 8.0 to work with the Promise card on my computer. Anyway, I just wanted to say that if you have an ata 66 or 100 drive and can't get Mandrake past the kernel panic you might want to download or order the cd for MandrakeFreq because it worked for me. Wilson _________________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com