geno wrote:

If possible, I would like to reinstall 8.0 from scratch without having then to redownload over 50 online updates. Are the online updates I have downladed so far on my machine in some format (rpm?) that would make them reusable? Where?

Unless you chose to delete them, they are in /var/lib/YaST/patches/i386/update/8.0. If you install from scratch, you could burn that subdirectory structure to a CD, then copy it back after you've installed. Then, just run YOU, it will check and install. HTH. -- Joe & Sesil Morris New Tribes Mission Email Address: Joe_Morris@ntm.org Web Address: http://www.mydestiny.net/~joe_morris Registered Linux user 231871 God said, I AM that I AM. I say, by the grace God, I am what I am.