As always I'm extremely thankful for your help.

I went 0 for 3 on the last run however.

What/Where is the Debian LOL?

I tried the cdrom code and now it gives the same Imput/output message but now it adds, "you must specify the filesystem type."

I tried the /pendrive tricks with no positive outcome. As long as I can access it now, I think that I'll live with this problem until I can get better aquainted with Linux.

Again, thanks for all your help. How did you get to learn so much of this system? was it books or doing what I'm doing. Can you suggest a good windows to linux book? Thanks. B