I run across this again and again. I sit there and i am under stress and need to pull some rpm file off the ftp within 2 min. it's basically impossible to do. 1. u cant locate it fast enough because there is no good search index for the ftp packages (wish we had a search index on the http site) 2. you start yast and it tries to connect to suse.com always because its default. it dies halfway thru you making it to the correct directory. you feel annoyed that suse doesn't offer a listing of mirrors as option in yast. 3. you remember an ip address of a mirror you used ones. damn it it won't connect. did they move the mirror or is the ip wrong? you wish again yast would have an options list of what ftp site/mirror you want to connect to. no wonder suse.com is so overloaded if yast always defaults to it. oh well that is life....I know you can change the default site to connect to by hand but I wish yast came with a site options list. mk _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com