Thanks for the info. Received about a dozen replies clearing this /proc/kcore thing up for me. I've been doing ok using Linux so far, but I can't yet claim to understand it. thanks, -- tony mollica tmollica@sb.net -- 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 .