I can't read people's minds over the internet. Your message directly states you are doing this for one machine, as I've quoted you below. If you said you were doing this for many machines, I would have said something different. That being said, it depends how many machines you are talking about if kickstarting them is really beneficial--especially when you are doing it from 1200 miles away and no linux guru on the other end. > > Hello, all - > > > > I've set up a small lab in VMWare to experiment with upgrading an > > older machine. I'd like to come up with a process to completely > > re-install > > RHEL4 on the machine. I'm trying to pull all this off in a little lab > > > before I go for the big money - a server that is about 1200 miles away > > > from me. James S. Martin, RHCE Contractor Administrative Office of the United States Courts Washington, DC (202) 502-2394