Hi, I installed the download version of Mandrake 8.2 . I must say that I have never seen a better organised linux distribution so far. Just there was a problem during the shut down. What basically happenes is that is fails to unmount NFS filesystem and stops working. The screen just freezes at that point. I don't know what could be wrong. I tried installing mdk 8.2 of two different machines with totally different configurations. All goes well and works perfectly except the end part. As far as i know NFS is the Network File System. I've configured Samba on my linux box and apache is also configured. Could that be the problem? Anyone please write if you have experienced any similar problems. A very short summary of the problem : I can't shut down my linux properly. It simply stops when it reaches the point where it has to unmount the NFS filesystem and doesn't continue. So basically during the shutdown proccess instead of getting : Unmounting NFS filesystem < OK > I get the following, Unmounting NFS filesystem < Failed > and that's where it freezes. The only way out is the reset button on the computer (which calls for a file conststency check on the next bootup which really sucks :( ) ANY info is greatly appretiated. Thanx BiNArY