Thanks for all your help...and patience..I managed to install minicom successfully....and hence was able to edit my /etc/chatscripts/provider file accordingly (My ISP takes pleasure in making things cryptic for Non-Win enthusiasts!!....)..Everythings working just fine now..I can dial in with absolutely no problems (touchwood ). Now I want to install the bare minimum X11 and a browser (preferably netscape), as I'm low on disk space (I've just 72 Mb left). Anyone's any suggestions???? Any other handy utilities you think I should install?? I'll probably try to mount another hard disk...if it's absolutely needed..though I'm not too sure how 'easy' (I'm being optimistic here) that'll be in Linux. Have a great weekend :) Michelle
Michelle M. Coelho Department of Computer and Information Science Purdue School of Science Phone: +1-317-278-2948 Fax : +1-317-274-9742