Hi to all: It was not without some trepidation that I embarked on my attempt at downloading an RPM, in this case a bunch of no less than 8 for SuSE kernel 2.4.16, only because they're not available on a CD. I never tried downloading before because I know myself, and I know I don't have the patience for games. One thing I'm not is a masochist; banging my head against a wall isn't my preferred form of entertainment. I don't mind staying with one problem IF (big IF!) I see a steady, measurable progress. That's not the present case. End of rant. The three short RPMs (jfsprogs, modutils, reiserfs) d'l'ded without problems. The four 13 MBs were another story. Although eventually I got them all, none took fewer than three attempts. Then, it came the time for the last one, the 32 MB kernel-source. The first attempt went well until I had 28% down, when the progress window in Mozilla showed "Download complete." I thought "complete" meant 100%; it must be a new kind of math. Right away, the system asked for a file to d'l'd to. Since I ignored the request, it began d'l'ding to a /tmp file. After a short while, it started all over again, to *another* /tmp file. And then, still to another, a which point I cut out the connection. I looked in MC to make sure, the files were not a continuation of one to another, but started from the beginning. The next attempt was "complete" at 22%. One of the attempts died out at 1% (I called my ISP, to verify if there was something wrong on their part, I was assured there wasn't.) The last attempt, this morning, went well until I had already 54%, at which point it asked for another file. Sure... Since I have no previous experience, Q1- is this behavior normal? Q2- am I doing something wrong? Thanks for your words of encouragement and advice. Regards, gr (in sunny, warm Florida) **"In war, it counts not who's right, but who's left."** /Ann Landers/