Hi Brian-- >> I am trying to perform a kickstart install of RHEL4U4 exclusively >> via the drac (Dell Remote Access Card) interface onto a PE 2950 >> without utilizing the systems other embedded nics. Although I haven't tried it, you should be able to do this, as long as it's a media-based install (meaning you're using CD's, even though they're virtual -- the virtual drive shows up as a USB device, so Linux should be happy to deal with it). Note that Linux can NOT see the NIC in the DRAC -- if you're trying to do a PXE or other Net-based install, you will need to have one of the main system NIC's connected. Have you actually tried it? If so, what problem(s) did you have (sorry, I missed the original post -- just got a reply)... -Matt-