James, I will try the 30 second sleep as soon as I have the time. I think it may a workaround for the port tree spanning issue. I will post results when I test it. I agree with everyone about this issue being ignored. I have spent many hours trying to make installs work. Sure adds credence to those who say Linux is too labor intensive to be practical for business applications. I have read that this problem also shows up with other Ethernet cards but cannot confirm this. Thanks to all who posted, it nice to know I am not the only one having install problems. John -----Original Message----- From: kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx [mailto:kickstart-list-bounces@xxxxxxxxxx]On Behalf Of kickstart-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx Sent: Tuesday, March 22, 2005 9:52 AM To: kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx Subject: Kickstart-list Digest, Vol 13, Issue 17 Send Kickstart-list mailing list submissions to kickstart-list@xxxxxxxxxx To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/kickstart-list or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to kickstart-list-request@xxxxxxxxxx You can reach the person managing the list at kickstart-list-owner@xxxxxxxxxx When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific than "Re: Contents of Kickstart-list digest..."