> Hi there I am just writing to find out if anyone else had an > issue installing CentOS 5 on an inspiron notebook. Hmm, this is an odd issue you seem to have. The centos5 install from DVD and net install went flawlessly on my dell inspiron 9300. With centos5, it's completely usable to the point that suspend/sleep works now. The only things I had to install separately were the nvidia proprietary drivers, and the intel ipw2200 firmware, both of which are in the RPMForge repository. -- During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act. George Orwell