On Sat June 17 2006 12:40 pm, Dotan Cohen wrote: > Thanks, Dan. My dirves are IDE but I will check the cables > nonetheless. It just lovked up on me again: FF, Konqi, and > Konsole were all open, and I had just began a yum update. It > didn't get too far, so I'm not worried. Dotan: As mentioned previously, check your drive jumpers. If you don't know how, ask - this problem you're describing sounds a lot like mis-jumpered drive scenarios I've encountered in the past. Mis-jumpered drives sometimes _can_ work, but performance _can_ be very erratic - I''ve encountered many variations on the mis-jumpered drive theme and performance is not always predictable. -- Claude Jones Brunswick, Md, USA