> I tried to download staroffice 6.0, but when it gets about halfway > through my computer starts beeping frantically at me and won't shut up > until I stop the download. I've tried several times from different > sites and I get the same results. What does this mean? what distro are you running? (possibly more importantly, what kernel version?) how much free space do you have on the partition you're downloading files to? what tool are you using to download it? (netscape, mozilla, gdm, opera?) Carl Soderstrom -- Network Engineer Real-Time Enterprises (952) 943-8700