> Are there any particular things that I should be turning off in safe mode > that might take the process further along? > > Alan I have same motherboard ( system ). Haiku boots & works for me but I boot off a PATA drive instead. In safe mode you have to use: 1) Disable DMA 2) FailSafe Video Mode ( Intel video driver makes it hang ) 3) Select Video Mode (ie: 1024x768x32 ) If you still can't boot Haiku then it likely is USB issue. Try both USB 1.1 & 2.0 usb drives to see if it makes a difference. You also may want to capture your on-screen debug info to attach to a ticket. Regards, _________________________________________________________________ Internet explorer 8 lets you browse the web faster. http://go.microsoft.com/?linkid?55582