I have a FC3 machine with one drive bay dedicated to a removeable ide hard disk. When this disk is available, FC3 will detect it and the partitions as /dev/hddx. I can edit /etc/fstab to attempt to mount at boot, and live with boot time error messages when the disk isn't available, but FC3 would like to rewrite that file via HAL. What I would like to do is have HAL look at boot time, and mount any found partitions. I've looked around, and haven't found a clue or incantation to do this. Am I trying to do something I shouldn't attempt, or if I should attempt it I need a pointer or six. HALP! Thanks in advance for your consideration. -- ============================================= If you think Education is expensive Try Ignorance Author Unknown ============================================