First some background about me and my machine. I've previously installed (and used) Mandrake 8.1, 8.2, and 9.0, along with Red Hat 7.2, 7.3, and 8.0, and finally Gentoo 1.2. And of course, every version of Windows since 3.11 for Workgroups :) I was also employed in a position doing computer peripheral support for about a year, and most of the problems were with Windows, not with the product, so I know my way around a computer that has Windows from that, and I have a decent grasp of Linux from installing Gentoo 1.2, but I am by no means a Linux Guru.