Thanks to everybody who answered. Yes, it is true that 32-bit FC3 will also run on a 64-bit processor. The problem was that it didn't seem to do it. Due to the meltdown of my 32- bit processor I had the machine rebuilt and booted it with a minimum of devices. Therefore kudzu kicked in but apparently failed to establish a run-able configuration. As soon as I added the various devices everything was OK. -- Regards, Erik P. Olsen