xml/xslt, .net 2.0, whitespace, output to text file

[Trent USTA]

I'm having a problem with line feeds in an xslcompiledtran sform in .net 2.0.
I'm trying to use xsl to transform xml to a text file that can be read on a
Unix box. The problem is that when I insert a line feed, it always results
in a carriage-return/linefeed - the Unix box does not like this. I've tried
different encoding settings and using hex/dec/html values for line feed but
the result is always CRLF as viewed in a hex editor.

here's the code that pertains to my issue if anyone can help

XSL Transformation code
Dim fs As New IO.FileStream(f .FilePathWorkin gFile & f.FileName &
f.FileTypeExten sion, IO.FileMode.Cre ate)
Dim oSw As New StreamWriter(fs )

Dim oXSLT As New System.Xml.Xsl. XslCompiledTran sform(True)
oXSLT.Load("..\ ..\xsl\" & f.StylesheetNam e)
' output transformed xml to temp file
oXSLT.Transform (xmldoc, args, oSw)

XSLT File
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8" ?>
<xsl:styleshe et version="1.0" xmlns:xsl="http ://www.w3.org/1999/XSL/Transform"
xmlns:ms="urn:s chemas-microsoft-com:xslt"
xmlns:dt="urn:s chemas-microsoft-com:datatypes"
xmlns:myObj="ur n:ms-kb">
<xsl:output method="text" />

inside of my templates I have
<xsl:text> </xsl:text>
and have tried
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
and
<xsl:text>
</xsl:text>
Thanks in advance for any help
Trent