begin Preston Crawford's quote: | > when the hardware scan locks the system during install on a blank | > drive, what may or may not be easily located on google is | > academic. | | Agreed. Shouldn't a power user have access to another computer | somewhere? a power user should have access to an electrical outlet or charged battery. a suse user should not have to consult google in order to get the goddammed distribution installed. nor should access to a second machine be necessary in order to get it installed. i suspect that if the system requirements on the box included "second computer to search for installation clues," it probably would not be that big a selling point. thanks for playing. -- dep http://www.linuxandmain.com -- outside the box, barely within the envelope, and no animated paperclip anywhere.