On Sat, 2009-02-28 at 22:23 -0500, Michael Klinosky wrote: ... > I have some Fedora install disks (if they'd be of any help) - but not > a > rescue CD. It seems like CentOS doesn't have a rescue CD - would > Fedora's help? The CentOS install disk IS the rescue CD - try install CD #1 (or the DVD install images). Unfortunately if you only downloaded the netinstall image you may not have the correct media at hand. Live CD as suggested elsewhere could also be useful for rescue. May also want to try a USB mouse. The synaptics RPM is available from RPMforge. See http://wiki.centos.org/AdditionalResources/Repositories/ May also want to have a look at http://wiki.centos.org/HowTos/Laptops Laptops do tend to be problematic. Sorry you're having problems, but welcome to CentOS. Phil