Have a Nice day !!!! I have /dev/hda1(one hard disk 3.2 G) with W98 and the second hard disk(3.2G) /dev/hdc1 with Red hat linux.I boot linux with floppy disk. Very often due my childrens and their games I have to do a complete Load of W98 because software corruption deteriorates the behavior and the stabylite of the O.S. Do anybody Knows how to store in linux this /dev/hda1 partiion in order to re-install automaticly form /dev/hdc1 ??????????. thanks in advance. manuel Valencia-Spain