Hi, this question probably appeard quite a lot of time on this list, but as I am new here I have to arise it again. If I have a computer on which windows2000 and linux redhat 7.2 are installed on different partitions, then: 1. is there any way to access the system selection state? I believe that nor Windows screen reader neither Linux one is up and running at this stage. Is there a way to produce a "beep" telling me time to press an appropriate keystroke to select one of the systems? 2. May I access the files residing on the Linux partition through Windows? do I need a software like Samba for this? I'll appreciate any and every information. Thanks in advace, Rafi.