Kris, I am sorry, but I don't think anyone can answer your questions, unless you supply the error message that was sent by your Linux distribution during the installation. I have a couple of machines at home that are really close to the one you described, and they all run Linux very happily, so "something" must be wrong... But I can't help unless you supply more precise information... Sorry, -- Gil Andre ___ Technical writer ___ Arkeia Corporation email: gandre@arkeia.com | web: http://www.arkeia.com