Bruce It is a Suse 8.0 Pro, I wanted to use grub, but if I did I would be on my own, as per cd install. I will do as you suggest and get back with you. many thanks here -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 res005ru at gte.net Gentoo Linux Registered Linux User .~. / v \ /( _ )\ ^ ^ In Linux we trust!