> Okay, I'm getting closer. It was crashing after initial hardware detection so > I removed that 'rhgb quiet' and now it boots right up to the point where i > expect the login screen to appear - what's my next step? Hey, if your machine's as crufty as mine, you might want to try removing "acpi=force" if you have it enabled. Mine reckoned I had a 1999 BIOS date.. Good luck and nice to see someone else is using old hardware too :-) Peter