Thanks Dave and Ro; I didn't mention that I WAS able to boot from the distro DVD into "recovery" mode. This appears to stop as root just before the X server is started. At that point I checked my /etc/fstab and the line added looks just fine. The next time I actually commented that line if effect disabling it. That seems to make no difference. What is strange is that I had the 2nd splash set to something other than the default. This WAS working just find including earlier today. Now the 2nd splash screen appears to be the distro install default. Also, if I boot from the disto DVD and enter into LIVE mode the system just works fine in this mode. So other than the HDD perhaps this would rule out any hardware issues. My money is still on the on-board ATI graphics and/or LCD monitor combo. I've had issues with these with all distros from the get-go. Stange through that any and all install processes don't have an issue with them as the install graphics look just fine. And when I check the settings in the X11/xorg.conf the seem correct. Of course, then the only way to get any visual video is to change the driver to "vesa". I guess I will tackle it more in the AM. Maybe I should bring this combo along with me on the 6th so we, as a group, can do some diags as a learning exercise. Keep the ideas coming. (actually, other than getting Linux to boot on my PPC servers, I don't think I've had this much trouble with ANY linux EVER on ANY other machine. I bet its the mobo/chipset combo!!!!!) Bob
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