"Doris, Thomas" wrote: ? > OK, is all RedBoot command line i/o considered diagnostic debug i/o? Yes. RedBoot doesn't have the same constraints as multi-threaded programs. Jifl -- Red Hat, Rustat House, Clifton Road, Cambridge, UK. Tel: +44 (1223) 271062 Maybe this world is another planet's Hell -Aldous Huxley || Opinions==mine