Okay, everything worked. I have four clean downloads, and four new directories with the contents of those iso files in them on my normal file system, which is reiserfs. I like to keep images of the CD set online for easy search and retrieval. It's a lot of disk pace, but disk space is cheaper than the time it takes to search for stuff in drawers or on shelves. Thanks again. Now we return you to our regular programming which is already in progress. Chuck -- The Moon is Waxing Gibbous (91% of Full) My home page is now at http://www.mhcable.com/~chuckh