So - failed with error 3 this time but I'm not losing hope. By that point I think both servers were a little bastardized from trying this method and that. I'm just going to blow them both away and start from scratch. Doing the initial install is pretty easy now that I have it documented. Will also allow me to work on a kickstart image for it :-) I leave work early today so probably will only get a chance to do the OS install today. Replication experiments to continue next week :-) I'll keep y'all posted how it goes ... -- ?Don't eat anything you've ever seen advertised on TV? - Michael Pollan, author of "In Defense of Food"