Seeing as Oren invoked my experience with my Frankenputer and master/slave drive stuff, I'll allow that Ubuntu 7.10 exceeded my expectations when I did the rebuild on my tower. I won't bore the list with a lengthy blow-by-blow, if anybody out there is interested, it is a weird story involving both hardware and software and a relative newcomer to the Linux world. Any interested parties can contact me directly, will be happy to share the story and, I assure you, it is a strange one!