Mark Sargent wrote: [that he has problems with a floppy] What file system did you put on it? If it is a FAT12 floppy, then can you read it on a DOS machine? Perhaps the heads are out of alignment on your Centos machine. Not likely, but I have seen it happen that a drive can read/write discs that others cannot. Mike -- p="p=%c%s%c;main(){printf(p,34,p,34);}";main(){printf(p,34,p,34);} This message made from 100% recycled bits. I can explain it for you, but I can't understand it for you. I speak only for myself, and I am unanimous in that!