Following the hints and suggestions I get these results: [root@localhost winstephen]* fdisk -l bash: fdisk: command not found [root@localhost winstephen]* mount -t auto /dev/hdb /mnt mount: you must specify the filesystem type [root@localhost winstephen]* mount /dev/hda2 on / type ext3 (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) usbdevfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw) /dev/hda1 on /boot type ext3 (rw) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw, gid=5,mode=620 none on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) I will keep trying things and reading the docs to see what more I can learn and try... Thanks ===== Stephen W Sarasota, FL "A merry heart doeth good like a medicine ..." Proverbs __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Friends. Fun. Try the all-new Yahoo! Messenger. http://messenger.yahoo.com/