So, I upgraded the firmware on the card from 4.16 to I think 4.23??? and then I opted to install in the text mode. If I hade more time I would verify which enabled the install to work. However, it went on just fine. One note though, every time the fs is formatted, the block size is set to 4096. Do you suppose this is due to the cpq card? Not really concerned, but just wondering. thanks!!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= David Hajoglou "Hojo" --UNC Delta U. 1998-- Director of Voice and Data Communications/Linux Sys. Admin. iSoft Corp. Phone: 1.303.539.0513 x202 Fax: .0512 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= c:\winnt> secure_nt.exe Securing NT. Insert Linux boot disk to continue......