Hi Terry, And I thought I'd been around UNIX for a long time, my first exposure was with SUN/OS around 1992. By the way, Bill Acker is the ultimate authority on which disk names are what, because he built the Redhat ones. Though I've been programming in C since about the mid 80s, I know nothing about kernel hacking or drivers. I sure want to learn though! PPP would be a very tough go for installing Linux. I'm not even sure I'd want to try it from my cable modem--but the time required on a 56K connection would be ridiculous. Go with the CD! Jim WB0TFK