A follow up, I do not have a device listed in /dev as hdc. If I do a "ls -l hdc" I get: total 0. If I look for my other drives howerver, I get: brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 0 Aug 1 09:01 hda brw-rw---- 1 root disk 3, 0 Aug 1 09:01 hdb How do I get hdc to show up? cd /dev; ./MAKEDEV hdc -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to debian-user-request@lists.debian.org . Trouble? e-mail to templin@bucknell.edu .