thanks for the replies… but i might add that PB was disabled on both occasions. believe me, we tried many different combinations.
i have gotten some info on how to do this though, and i guess i will see what i can do to get it done.
i do believe i will run the server under slackware, that will be done in text mode, so it will take the least amount of ram, and really no background processes (except for a few service daemons and such), so the processor will be pretty much dedicated to ET.
anyway, thanks for your help and mindless bickering about punkbuster, lol. 