The reason I got that "still waiting for root device" is the way I had my IDE cables configured. I had to place the dvd drive on primary slave and the hard drive I was installing to on primary master. Then it was able to continue as always. Try doing it that way, kryss05, even if you're not installing to the ide hard drive and are installing to the sata. And the lan I got fixed, naquaada, only problem now is that everytime I download something, I get the you must shut down your computer now screen, and have to shut down everything.