hi passivity! kindly post your hfslip.log in zip format (it might help too if you include the following: HFSLIP.CMD (from SVCPACK of SOURCESS), DOSNET.INF, DRVINDEX.INF, HFSLIPWU.INF, SVCPACK.INF, SYSOC.IN_, SETUPERR.LOG, TXTSETUP.INF) .... did you by any chance use anything else after HFSLIP ... how about compressing ASMS? have you tried starting from a fresh source?