I don't know if you noticed this in today's Mac NN: KB: LDAP startup issues, CF media mounting... Apple says that if Mac OS X is set up to access an LDAP server for directory services, it may not finish starting up completely when that server is not available; <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=107147> > Glen Swanson > Ethnic Minority Specialist > Stephen Hart http://eugraph.com