** Reply to message from Taylor Smith <tsmith@tsmithphotos.com> on Mon, 13 Dec 2004 20:06:06 -0600 Hi Taylor, This is a long shot... When I installed SuSE 9.1 on my T42p, somehow I ended up with the HD DMA off. That slowed my system waaaay down. Try Yast/Hardware/ IDE DMA mode and set it to agree with your drive. Good luck. Don A -- Donald B. Altman Singular Technologies Croton-on-Hudson, NY