> The shutdown problem closes the OS but does not power down the box. Ah ha. Apparently you may need to change 'acpi=ht' to be 'acpi=on' in the /etc/lilo.conf (don't forget to then re-run LILO!)[1] Good luck with that, John [1] http://mandrakeusers.org/lofiversion/index.php/t15913.html