thanks for the help with mp3 got it working installed an rpm for mp3 support i had for rh9 it worked i found i had no sound to start so i did the aumix trick.
fedora core 2 is nice I like it. I changed the desktop and themes using kde desktop with download themes from kde.org
wanted to use nvidia vga card had to down load a 8stack kernel was available in rpm format
http://www.linuxant.com/driverloader/wlan/full/downloads-fc2-kernel-i686.php
also found solution to dual boot XP fedora core using sfdisk command.
thanks dragoncity99 for your help