after all the harassing i've done to my brother to dump winblows, he finaly gave me his box to fix ( well i bought him new ram that helped(long story))
i'm posting on his box now
. dual boot redhat9 w/wincrap2000
he's a busy guy, haven lots a troubles( medical) and doesn't have time to read and figure out how/what to do to get this up, so i'm gettin him up and goin. so he can QuaKe
damn,.... sorry this should have been posted in the "almost success forum" sorry