Hi All- So I followed Alex's instructions on installing via Text Mode. And taking out the 'rhgb quite' (which will be removed permanently, because I dislike graphical startup) and putting it into run level 3. The first time did not work. It got to 'detecting new hardware' and froze. 2nd time it worked for some reason. And every time after that. However, Alex suggested it was a video card, but I can load and use X with no problem. I'll leave it running the screen saver while I go do errands and see if it locks. Hmm????? Also, is there a way to tell Fedora NOT to tell the hard disks to 'spin down' on a warm reboot. I am sick of having to power cycle my machine to get the controller to find my Deathstar hard disk. TIA- -- Kris