Hey gang. I've compiled a kernel and yet when i mount my windows xp file system I can't get the long filenames they show up as the ~1 and so on. The xp partition is just a fat32 formatted drive, not ntfs or anything like that. Here is the portions of my .config file in case I've missed something let me know. CONFIG_FAT_FS=y CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=y CONFIG_UMSDOS_FS=m CONFIG_VFAT_FS=y CONFIG_ISO9660_FS=y CONFIG_JOLIET=y CONFIG_MINIX_FS=y CONFIG_NTFS_FS=m CONFIG_HPFS_FS=m CONFIG_PROC_FS=y -- If you perceive that there are four possible ways in which a procedure can go wrong, and circumvent these, then a fifth way will promptly develop. Raul A. Gallegos - http://www.asmodean.net