I downloaded the core 2 beta last night. I burned the boot.iso to a mini cd and did the ftp install off: mirror. hiwaay.net from directory: redhat/fedora/linux/core/development/i386 Success! My Epson Perfection 1670 USB Scanner now works under Fedora core 1.90 via Xsane 0.92 Hats off to all Xsane and Fedora developers <g>