> > I wholeheartedly agree with that. My most stable systems, now that I > > think about it, run 7.3. My biggest beef with 8 & 9 has been the issue > > of RPM hanging occasionally, plus their complete reworking of the static > > routes in the /etc/sysconfig structure. > > Upgrade rpm on the 8 and 9 boxes. It fixed the hangs for me and others here. > > HTH, > > ..............Tom Thanks. I got them all updated (using autoupdate) a few weeks ago, and I've had the problem since then. But that might be a sporadic problem. Thanks again for the recommendation. --B C