I saw another posting about a problem with 7.2 beta 1 not wanting to get past the partition check on the installation. Well, I had the same problem with the "stable" version of 7.1, for which I paid far too much money apparently. I go through the whole process of making my partitions on a totally blank new HD, and when I proceed to the formatting screen, I get a cryptic message about "mount" failing because of invalid arguments. Well, since I didn't provide any arguments, I'm at a loss as to what makes the difference. I was able to install 7.0 all right. I'm debating trying to upgrade to 7.1 now that I have 7.0 running, but I remember how long that took last time I tried it, and how partially successful it was. When I was done, it never booted to the new kernel, even though the vmlinuz link in /boot pointed to 2.2.15-4. Still booted 2.2.14-15. Any ideas? Thanks! Don J. -- Don W. Jenkins 8^) | It is the nature and disposition [EMAIL PROTECTED] | of almost all men when they get [EMAIL PROTECTED] | a little power, as they suppose, www.jinxinker.com | that they immediately begin to exercise www.maxfarce.com | unrighteous dominion --Joseph Smith--