1- I D/L a distribution 2- because I have no RW DVDs I burn the CD version 3- I install the CD version 4- After running the the install there is an ICON that says 'upgrade to the DVD' so I upgrade 5- my system starts to panic when running off of the battery so it is wisely suggested to upgrade my kernel. So I am doing so it asks me what kernel I am running. It had been said on the list that my kernel is the 64 bit kind but when I tried to upgrade to the 64bit kernel the computer complained and said 'wrong architecture'. 6- I installed the kernel for the i386 and have been happily running it now for a couple of days Questions: Was I supposed to do something to make it see that it is a 64? Would it run if an i386 was installed on a 64? Does it really matter? -- :-)~MIKE~(-: