i finally found a use for supermount. is supermount in 2.4.* series? or does a patch need to be applied? couldn't find it in .config. looks like all that's needed (aside from a kernel module) is a "supermount" option in fstab. i gathered that from a websearch, but couldn't find much else. pete -- GPG Fingerprint: B9F1 6CF3 47C4 7CD8 D33E 70A9 A3B9 1945 67EA 951D