Please take a moment to check your disks (CD & DVD) before attempting the upgrade. I recieved my boxed set the other day and only discovered both sets were bad after I began the install and had it lock up or fail to unpack RPMs. Even the DVD was affected. The scratches are about 1 inch wide (or 2.7cm) and about the same length. They vary from deep to almost invisible starting at the inner hold. The marks on the DVD were literally invisible and I could only see them after I tried wiping it with a clean cloth. By all appearances this was caused by the packaging processer that Suse used. I don't blame Suse for the problem, but poor QC on the part of the packager. Because I did not discover the faults until after I started the upgrade process, it left the system in a unbootable or recoverable state. I recovered by reinstalling 8.2 (I never overwrite or format my /home partition). This probably only affects those getting the update 9 Pro packaging and only a small subset. Or I may simply be the only 'victim'. So please take a moment to check your disks before starting the update and save yourself the problems I ran into. -- Doug