hiya steif...i have another problem now..the limewire works fine so i downloaded the dmg of 10.2 as i'm currently using 10.1.5 ....it wont mount using the disc copy in 10.1.5....i had this problem before when a friend sent me 10.1 as a disc image on a cd and of course it wouldn't mount in 9.2.1 as he had created it using 10.1 disc copy...i think this is the same problem..if so many thanks to the 100 or so people who have the 10.2 install in a format you can only mount if you alrteady have 10.2...i know sarcasm is the lowest form of wit but there you go....can you mail me a copy of the 10.2 disc copy [ giz77@free.fr ] or post it somewhere so i can download it..not sure if i will be able to get around the problem like that but i think so...assuming it isn't just a corrupt download of course..

giz