Hello, I like to update my Suse 8.1 since YOU seems to be good for trouble would it be ok to download all *.i586.rpm files from ftp.suse.com/pub/suse/i386/update/8.1/rpm/i586 and do a rpm -Fhv *.rpm? Why are there in the mentioned directory some *.patch.rpm files which don't have an assoiated *.rpm? How how is a *.patch.rpm installed? Michael :-))