Russell Hanaghan wrote: ^^^^^^ for the record, this is linux: it is not necessary to reboot. it is never necessary unless you add new hardware, or there's a kernel security hole (or as my grandfather's grandfather used to say, when it crashes, but that's probably a myth :-D) you can just do "mount -a" which will mount all fstab entries except for those marked "noauto" if they are not already mounted. you will have to create the mountpoint first, though: # mkdir /tmp/jack regards, jörn -- "I never use EQ, never, never, never. I previously used to use mic positioning but I've even given up on that too." - Jezar on http://www.audiomelody.com Jörn Nettingsmeier Kurfürstenstr 49, 45138 Essen, Germany http://spunk.dnsalias.org (my server) http://www.linuxaudiodev.org (Linux Audio Developers)