MvdV>> So dump that FD/shim combo and switch to Taurus.

 ml>> taurus doesn't run under my chosen OS whereas the FD/shim combo
 ml>> operates perfectly well...
 ml>> now what?

 DC> Dump your OS, of course...

yeah, right! i've stated many times in many places that i will never trust
my mission critical projects to m$ operating systems... not since they
abandoned DOS _and_ lied to everyone in the manners that they have... sorry
but no thankee... i'm not a lemming and never will be ;)

)\/(ark