hi, 'dag' thanks for the help. i've been able to download all the headers. now i'm in a dilemma. i'm usig an i686 arch. i see that that centos 3.4 is for i386. can i still upgrade to 3.4 or do i've to wait till i get an upgrade for i686. regards. chaitanya. __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Take Yahoo! Mail with you! Get it on your mobile phone. http://mobile.yahoo.com/maildemo