There's a very good ideia. The only problem is the time that it takes. BR Marco On Tuesday 22 April 2003 16:30, Peter B Van Campen wrote: Dear John, On Tuesday 22 April 2003 10:13 am, John Pettigrew wrote: I've just tried to install 8.2 on my system, which has had no problems with 7.3 or 8.1. Unfortunately, it totally fails. I can't get started on any of the installation options (Installation/ACPI off/Safe settings/Manual) - it loads the kernel then freezes, either after blanking the screen or even before that (with the "loading kernel" dialog only partially removed from the screen). I've tried the DVDs and CDs, but no joy. WTF is going on here? Athlon 1.2 GHz, 256MB RAM, 80+20 Gig HDs, DVD drive, CD-RW drive. Just some SWAGs (Scientific Wild Ass'ed Guesses): Whenever these baffling hangs occur it is a good idea to run the MEMTEST86 from the install media. I have caught bad simms twice in the last 18 months. Try turning the motherboards and processors cacheing OFF selectively using the motherboard bios options. HTH ................... PeterB