\_ SMTP quoth molossermom on 9/9/2002 11:13 as having spake thusly: \_ \_ how do i find which 'kernal' i have, how much of my hardrive i'm using, and \_ where the heck is the vertical line ( like the \ or / ) but vertical, on my \_ keyboard? Usually above the \. Your \ might not be in a standard location, but you apparently found it already. :-) Sometimes it's drawn with a gap in it ala: | | rpm -qa | egrep -i kernel rpm -qa kernel David