>> So, why am I reluctant to attempt to burn a cd...? > Because the HP 8200+ is an el cheapo rebranded Philips burner > that will burn about 4 CDs and then crap out, maybe? :) Maybe. I just tried doing a bunch of mp3's, as I have a cd/mp3 player, but not only did it die somewhere in the burn process, all I get on playback either on that cd/mp3 player or on another pc is white noise (with a little squeal occasionally). Sigh. I guess I'm just not destin to have a working burner -- till I break down & get or build that windows box for gaming again. -- Anybody can win, unless there happens to be a second entry. To unsubcribe send e-mail with the word unsubscribe in the body to: Linux-Anyway-Request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?body=unsubscribe