I downloaded, RTFMed, booted and tried to get to the configuration steps. Unfortunately, I received the message "Can't stat directory /mnt/router" This occurred to someone else who posted on the Freesco forum. The answer was either a corrupted disk or low on memory. Both of these are not too likely based on further testing. Perhaps someone in plug has worked thru it. Here's the story: Console log: Starting [Linux] Starting sys/klogd on tty3... done Mounting boot device fd0... done Can't stat directory /mnt/router mnt /router/v_*: No such file or directory exec: /mnt/router/rc/rc_init: no such file or directory .: can't open /etc/system.cfg @df File System 1024-blocks used available capacity mounted on /dev/ram0 2548 15402 1046 59% / /dev/fd0 1424 1373 50 96% /mnt @ Provlem solving done thus far: 1) I expanded the RAM from 8M to 20M, but no change, not even /dev/ram0 numbers. 2) I tried same floppy on another system (16M) and it got past the above and to the login prompt. However, that's my GNOME development platform, not the router/fw/masquerade I'm building. 3) Yes, the computer looks suspect. No HD nor CDROM. It's a 486DX- 33 with a 1993 AMIBIOS. The Floppy controller is a SIIG model SI- 1132+. But, hey, isn't minimalism what this is all about? 4) I booted RH 6.2 install disk and ran as far as it asking which language. The computer will also boot W98SE's Emergency disk and create a C-drive (RamDisk), so it's not a total dog. 5) Yes, I will pursue a BIOS upgrade (ROM chip), but considering #4 above, I don't think that's the problem. 6) I looked in modules -027 for mention of an SIIG driver. No find. Again, I consider #4 to point my suspicions elsewhere. 7) I'm surmising that I haven't gotten far enough thru the boot process and uncompresses to have the report program available (as proscribbed in the docs). Obviously, I would appreciate any help. Thank you in advance. Gene Holmerud