>	Oh yes, I also forgot to mention that one of the machines with a
>classic (8 years old) Gravis UltraSound (not PnP), when the kernel boots,
>it panics and boots me into a "db>" mode and states:

This happens to everyone else as well with one of those sound cards.
It shouldn't be hard to fix ... it just someone with one of these cards
needs to sit down and do it.  I'm probably a likely canidate ... when I
get the time to upgrade that damn machine :-/

--Ken