... ciao: on "4-13-2005" "Michael H. Warfield" writ: : Burn a bootable CD-Rom with your boot system. it is a 'real' mistake to "assume" cd-r media a forever storage solution. a search for 'sunlight' at "theregister.com" offered among other answers, the following: "CD-Rs deliver degrading experience Back to tape?Monday 1st September 2003 20:32 GMT" the jist of it, suggest that cd-r media not a carefree solution ... -- ... i'm a man, but i can change, if i have to , i guess ... - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-admin" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html