EXHIBIT 99.2


                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002

In connection with the Quarterly Report of Daisytek International Corporation
(the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending June 30, 2002 as filed with
the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the "Report"), I,
Ralph Mitchell, Executive Vice President - Finance and Chief Financial Officer
of the Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant
to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

               (1)  The Report fully complies with the requirements of section
                    13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

               (2)  The information contained in the Report fairly presents, in
                    all material respects, the financial condition and result of
                    operations of the Company.


                                              /s/  Ralph Mitchell
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                                              Ralph Mitchell
                                              Executive Vice President - Finance
                                              and Chief Financial Officer
                                              August 14, 2002