<HTML><HTML>After realizing that 11.4.0.82. is the same version in my downloaded pristine f9-i386 image (which installed just find and I did NOT use a kickstart file for that install) then it occured to me that there MUST be something wrong with the kickstart file (even though I have used versions of it many times with f8 and f7). The problem turned out to be I inadvertently used a DOS "vi" to edit it - this changed its line terminators from just LFs to CFLFs. Apparently, anaconda dosn't mind the "CRs" until it gets to the %post section (just before the bootloader phase). Sorry for the inconvienence. Floyd, ************** Get fantasy football with free live scoring. Sign up for FanHouse Fantasy Football today. (http://www.fanhouse.com/fantasyaffair?ncid=aolspr00050000000020)</HTML>