Hello all, i am a newly minted linux wannabee :) I need to install fedora core 1 on the Asus a7v600 MB with via vt8237 and SATA drive. i've seen that others have not been able to get it done due to core 1 cot supporting this. i searched and found a patch (i think) at http://at.rpmfind.net/opsys/linux/RPM/fedora/updates/1/i386/kernel-BOOT-2.4.22-1.2140.nptl.i386.html it's supposed to be for the boot disk's bootable kernel. it's an RPM. i do not have linux installed on any machine. what do i have to do to get this patch to work so i can install linux to the sata disk? your help would be very much appreciated rabindranath Trinidad & Tobago land of the Scarlet Ibis