Hi again..... > So the question is, does the error message "bad magic number" mean the CD is probably bad and I should just get another, or might it be that the drive or Goddess forbid the SPARC is bad? Any ideas. Thank you so much. No, I don't think the CD is bad... :-) Just try if you can boot off of it and ignore the "bad magic number" warning. If you want to, let me know about the results. :-) -- cya ANDI