<snip> } } The "linux headless" option was a new one on me, "linux text" yes, but } not "headless" and I wondered what else was available. } } This was a PXE boot/Kickstart install and setup a text mode install in } the .ks but even with that some probes were causing Anaconda to choke } even with "skipx" or "xconfig --noprobe" prevented the problem. } Anyway, passing the headless option as a kernel boot parameter worked, } I suspect text would've too. } } Here's the list for FC4, they may not all be applicable to CentOS. } } http://forums.fedoraforum.org/showthread.php?t=25826 } } Will. interesting and thank you for the pointers. some quick searching for "linux headless" brought up a small bit of info as of August 10 2005 and i certainly learned some new stuff yet... it seems to me that the install toggle of linux headless could be better described as trying to install linux on a machine before having your coffee eh? ;-> kind regards, -- Robert Hanson Abba Communications http://www.abbacomm.net