Several people have suggested mounting the dos partition with: mount -t msdos /dev/hda1 /mnt
If any text files are involved, the different newline characters in dos and linux can cause problems. Adding the conversion option to the file system specification in the mount command can reduce that problem. Try: mount -t msdos -o defaults,conv=auto /dev/hda1 /mnt Good Luck Bob -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]