j.,

Thanks for the response. It is about time that I pick up a thumb drive anyway. The costs certainly have dropped drastically.

I'll check the SONY site to see what BIOS up-dates are out there, BUT will set a restore point before I start any downloads. SONY has had some problems w/ up-dates especially w/ MS XP Pro up-dates. Although their site says that they recommend it I've had pc crashes trying to up-date my OS.

I look forward to other responses back to see if I can get my modem and wireless card up and running, but first need the tumb drive so that I can save my configuration. This'll will be a learning curve, but not too steep and I look forward to going full throtle to Knoppix.

J., thanks again.

ADLER