I used fdisk to create partition /dev/sda3 as a linux partition. As I recall, I got a message to the effect that on reboot, fstab would be updated. So I rebooted. I tried "mount -t ext3 /dev/sda3 /orardata1" and got message "wrong fs type, bad option," etc. Then did "mkdir -p /oradata1" and tried mounting again. Same message. Tried editing fstab manually and still getting the same message. What did I miss??? Thanks. P.S., Couldn't find any revelation in the fedora-list archives either. Isn't there a better way than using "find" for each month's thread page to search them? _______________________________________________ No banners. No pop-ups. No kidding. Make My Way your home on the Web - http://www.myway.com