Jim wrote: > Mount points are existing directories (right?)
Right. Whatever that directory contains is shadowed by the mounted partition as long as it's mounted. Then when you unmount it, the original contents are back there. Michel -- The three Rs of Microsoft support: Retry, Reboot, Reinstall. ______________________________________________________________________________ Earthling Michel Dänzer (MrCooper) \ CS student and free software enthusiast Debian GNU/Linux (powerpc,i386) user \ member of XFree86, Team *AMIGA*, AUGS