@roisoft: so you don't use zephyroth's releases?? what method do you use to restore the DVD into spare partition? just normal Diskutility? And is there a method you use to make the installer bootable? and what version of the Leopard install DVD do you use?

also, thanks for the info on the wireless adapters. i may check them out. i've always hated the idea of getting a new lan adapter when i already have two built into my mobo (marvell and nLan), but if it's a wireless adapter, i wouldn't mind.