With a RedHat 7.1 installation, the floppy can be removed as soon as the blue screen appears. "Lambert, Eric" <Eric.Lambert@citade To: <kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx> lgroup.com> cc: Sent by: Subject: when is it OK to eject the boot floppy kickstart-list-admin @redhat.com No Phone Info Available 03/03/2003 02:00 PM Please respond to kickstart-list At what point after the anaconda installation starts is it safe to eject the floppy? Is the entire file parsed, including %post on boot such that ejecting the floppy is OK once the build has started? It is a network kickstart installation using NFS for the build. Thanks. Eric Lambert