Thanks guys! ...But now I need just one more favor... Being that I am not a linix guru, can anyone outline the steps I would need to follow, and the corresponding commands to format that partition? I know how to get Hyperterminal setup and how to load the developer image, but where do I go from there? Can I simply put in the mke2fs /dev/hda4 -i131072 -m0 -s1 command after booting up with the hyperterminal program and dropping to the shell command prompt? As of right now I have run both the builder and installed the developer image. My log files can be found earlier in this thread. Thanks for all the support everyone!