Just a followup on my experiences yesterday - the machines started to routinely hard-lock in linux. Turning off SMP in the kernel stopped that (it seems). Regards. -- Paul L Daniels http://www.pldaniels.com Linux/Unix systems Internet Development ICQ#103642862,AOL:pldsoftware,IRC:inflex irc.freenode.net A.B.N. 19 500 721 806