Admittedly, keeping track of all those partitions can be dizzying sometimes. There are some handy "tricks" (I put that in quotes since many of us RT-11 oldtimers have been doing these for years, and these are all documented tools, but sometimes used for other purposes than to aid my failing memory) for keeping volumes straight: 1. Use the /VOL qualifier when INITting the volume to put something descriptive there. For example: RT-11FB V05.07 .create junk.dsk[100] .mou ld4 junk.dsk .init ld4:/vol LD4:/Initialize; Are you sure? Y Volume ID? Descriptive Owner? Information 2. If you've done (1) above, then you can use the /VOL qualifier on DIR to remind yourself what's on that partition: .dir/vol ld4: 09-Nov-1999 Volume ID: Descriptive Owner : Information 0 Files, 0 Blocks 92 Free blocks 3. Use logical names to identify the volumes, and a command procedure to define them all. (There is no real equivalent to a logical name in many modern OS's, including Unix, unfortunately. A logical is kinda/sorta like a Unix mount point, but a logical is far better because you can redefine as you find handy.) With RT-11 you only get 3-character logical names, but that's a start: .ASS INF LD4 .ASS SRC DU3 .ASS BIN DU1 etc. -- Tim Shoppa Email: shoppa(a)trailing-edge.com Trailing Edge Technology WWW: http://www.trailing-edge.com/ 7328 Bradley Blvd Voice: 301-767-5917 Bethesda, MD, USA 20817 Fax: 301-767-5927