Sergey Zak wrote: [ Charset KOI8-R unsupported, converting... ] > Right! and the right commands to use look opposite to what Riba said! > (thanks anyway - it was in formative nevertheless): > > mount -f / > cd > ln -s /private/etc etc > ln -s /private/var var > ln -s /private/tmp tmp > A point to note: The commands to create these links is the reverse of what you see when you ls(list) the links. ie ln -s private/etc etc ls -l etc lrwxrwxr-t 1 root admin 11 Sep 25 20:27 etc -> private/etc The first one says "link private/etc to etc" The second one says "etc is linked to private/etc" Get it? 8^) -- J.C. Webber III Technical Lead, Unix System Administrator jcw at kingoblio.com (home) www.kingoblio.com Please, if you use Windows, do not add my address to your Address Book. I do not wish to be spammed or have my email address hijacked by a virus and used for fraudulent purposes. Thank you.