Scarlett wrote: > Stephen, I asked my Linux expert if it works, and this was his reply: > > Yep, it sure does, but I did NOT upgrade the stuff as in the > /apps/linux-2.2.1 > directory. I JUST upgraded the kernel and didn't upgrade anything else. > I tried to upgrade the other stuff (rpm -U file.rpm) for all those other > RPMs > in that same directory, but it didn't boot at all... it got into some kind > of > feedback loop. I had to reinstall Mandrake to get it back the way it was. > I then simply extracted and recompiled the kernel, and things have been > great > as far as stability goes... Scarlett, You are obviously further along the learning curve on Linux than I am. Way to go. Rick -- "I don't want to swim in a roped off sea" JB