well i reformatted with vfat. all seems to be going well so far. also - i got rid of OS X so now my ibook is all ubuntu! woohoo! -- \||/ jack wallen, jr || life's too short for pants 00 soon to be head artist || so get your skirt on @ > no really, an artist of heads - || www.monkeypantz.net _ okay, okay...cosmetologist. ||