At Mon, 19 Apr 2004 it looks like Alexander Apprich composed: > Just a guess, start FC installation like "linux expert acpi=off" (w/o > the quotes). Maybe it's a powermanagement event from the installation > kernel. The different behavior between FC1 and Slackware might be just > different kernels (Versions). > In the past when I've encountered different "beep" patterns I've narrowed down the reason by the BIOS "beep" codes relative to the manufacturers. I found this on the web as an example. http://www.pcguide.com/ts/x/sys/beep/index.htm Namaste -- Bill Schoolcraft PO Box 210076 San Francisco CA 94121 http://billschoolcraft.com