I thought I would try out mount without root priviledge, but this is what I got: % ls -l /dev/fd0a brw-rw---- 1 root operator 17, 0 Jan 24 22:52 /dev/fd0a % ls -ld /floppy drwxrwxr-x 2 root wheel 512 May 6 18:17 /floppy % groups wheel operator % mountfd msdos: mount: Operation not permitted What have I forgotten? Patrick