hi, this is in reply to the instruction by prabhu ramachandran for compiling gnumach on linux. i could not find the packages gcc-i386-gnu and mig-i386-gnu. it would help if you could point out the ftp site. thanking you, kurian joseph "trying to join the hurd" ____________________________________________________ Buy Feng Shui Package for Rs. 151/- only, at http://shopping.rediff.com/shopping/fengshui_mailer.htm