On Sat, 22 Mar 2008 19:21:26 +0000 Hi Mathew, > Try booting without the startup GUI. Maybe you can get more > information. > This is a great suggestion. > At the GRUB splash screen, press Enter. Except for the above. Giulio should pres Esc, instead, to get into the GRUB menu. Enter starts the default kernel, cancelling the GRUB count-down. Otherwise the rest of the commands look fine. Good luck, Giulio! -David Chipman