Thank you for the excellent advice. I'm not a new user having used some
distro of Linux since 2004 and OS2/warp since 1994 but I don't know
enough about it to really understand Linux. I'm an old hardware tech
type (back in IBM 360/System3 days) and never had much to do with using
or understanding the programs that would run on these systems. And I did
find a problem with 9.04 with respect to the video but it was working OK
until I decided to add a second HD and install Ubuntu in it and turn the
original install into a data drive for the Microsoft install on HD1 Your
1st and 3rd suggestions were tried and I must have somehow managed to
really screw up some things as they did not do what I was expecting. The
Ubuntu version 8.10 is on a DVD I made from a site from France by F0FAK.
He is a ham radio operator and has put together a live dvd containing
all the interesting ham radio programs I am interested in and once I get
it working to my satisfaction I will be using Linux for my ham radio
activities.