Hi I have been running 9.1 without problems for some time but, due to a hardware failure, have had to replace my motherboard and hard disc. My hardware configuration is a Gigabyte GA 7N400 Pro 2 motherboard with an AMD Athlon XP2200+ CPU, Nvidia graphics card and 2 x Barracuda SATA discs. I am booting from CD and installing from another machine on my LAN by NFS, using the distribution downloaded from my local mirror. I have tried installation with 'Safe Settings', but still get the following problem: I boot from CD, load the kernel module for the network card (I've tried both the on-board one and also a PCI card), connect to the NFS server and start the installation. Any time after making the language selection, the system will lock up completely. This can be at any time from selecting the first kernel module (normally USB) through to partitioning my discs, although I've only ever managed to get there once. I'm pretty sure that I don't have any hardware faults, as I have tried booting and running Knoppix as a test. Any suggestions would be much appreciated. Cheers M -- Matthew Smith Kadina Business Consultancy South Australia http://www.kbc.net.au