I just went through the SUSE FTP install. I'm impressed. I was able to get it to work on my first try! Couple of questions arose. At the end, it asked me about updating the kernel. Now I'm a newbie as most of you know (how embarassing!), and I wasn't sure which one to choose. There were options for kernels optimized for Pentium, Pentium classic, three had "with SMP" attached and well, I use an AMD Athlon, so I thought "Pentium optimized is not for me". So I chose the only one that seemed to fit (Kernel 2.4.0 With SMP). Is there no "Optimized for Athlon"? And also, I read on this list that people found bugs with this kernel. Is this something I need to be concerned about? Finally, what is the "proper" method to update the kernel for my Suse installation? LILO: Also, near the end it asked me if I wanted to update LILO. I said, sure (just to make sure everything was as it should be). It loaded up, and the configuration was as I left it, so I selected abort (no need to fix something that I broke). So then I was informed I needed to reboot and once I did, I got a string that was so nonsensical Bill Clinton would have looked like a reasonably rational fellow. This was followed by the word "boot:". It was at this point I typed Windows (my mail program is here), and thought I'd better ask you guys. Normally I get a nice graphical menu, but I don't get that anymore. Any suggestions? My thought is: 1. At "boot:" type "linux" 2. When linux boots up, run Yast, and reconfigure LILO. But I thought I better ask first. Thanks alot, Josh