Hello everyone: I recall a lot of folks raving about Ubuntu, so I decided that the next time I installed Linux I'd try that. I got a new Abit motherboard to replace the troublesome Soyo MB in one of my towers, and I've got that installed and ready to go. The Ubuntu install starts off well. I configured the network manually because I have static IP's on my network. I then configured the partitions manually because there are two existing partitions I want to reformat and use for root and home. It creates the partitions (type is ext3) and once this is done it has a blue screen and stops responding. I CAN get to the "Busy Box" console by pressing Ctrl-Alt-F2, and can do a few operations there. A "ps" shows that parted_server, partman and partman.postinst are still running - perhaps they're not completing for some reason. From here I can do a shutdown but I don't know how else to proceed. Any suggestions? thanks! Vaughn --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change you mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss