Thanks to all those guru's who replied to my posting re Vmware. It is now going - I reverted to RH7.2 and it installed OK - because Vmware recognises version RH7.2 . However I had to solve the problem of 7.2 not recognising the CDROM - and that took the most time - it is a known bug (but not known to me !). The reason why vmware would not install on RH7.3 was the it does not have a module for 7.3 - the latest vmware build came out before 7.3 was issued. Although vmware-config.pl will allow you to configure it for a new kernel version the kernel header software I got with my distro did not match the running version of the kernel on the distro.
Bill Wilson PS for the Installfest I have had the press release notice put up on the notice board at the Christchurch College of Computing, where I teach programming on Saturdays - it will also be put up on the notice boards in each IT room at Burnside College.
