it doesn't!! it crashes before the 1st anaconda screen. install works ok without kickstart... I'll change the cat to echo thanks ... Rgrds On 8/5/05, R P Herrold <herrold@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On Fri, 5 Aug 2005, Gobbledegeek wrote: > > > /bin/cat "<xxxx> (Based on Fedora Core 3)\n\r Kernel \r on an \m \n\r" > >> /etc/issue > > one assumes you nean to use 'echo' in teh preceeding line > > as to the crash cause, the python traceback would have the > cause on the screen. > > - Russ Herrold > -- Nonchalantly yours GobbledeGeek [Every thing but Gobbledegook.. !!]