> > Now, I've used this config before to sucessfully install RH > 71 and 72, but > > for some reason, when I do a floppy based NFS install or a > CDROM based > > i don't know if it could help, but perhaps you are trying to > install a > rh72 with a boot floppy from rh71 I considered that, but I triple checked things and even made a fresh boot floppy, but no dice. I'm going to try the floppy with an unaltered install tree today to see if I mucked something up there--something tells me building a 2.4.9 boot floppy and updating packages, but not updating the stage one and two images broke something.