Read my post again, this time with the arrogant attitude toggled off. I stated very clearly that IT WORKED the first time. That means that there is NOT a conflict between RH9 and my hardware, it is obviously a problem with RH9 failing to recognize the exact same hardware from one clean load to the next. The knee-jerk tendency to blame the user is a M$ attitude -- it is unwelcome in the Linux world. doc > The fact that others have no problems and you do means that your last line > is worthless hyperbolic invective. > > Regardless, have you done the simple thing and ensured "PNP aware OS" or > equivalent switch has been turned off in your mb BIOS? > > jb