when i said: hda1 - fat16 - 1G hda2 - fat32 - 4G Win98 hda3 - NTFS - 4G WinNT 4.0 hda4 - fat32 - 6G hda5 - fat16 - 1G Win98/NT swap files hda6 - 5G /home hda7 - 500M /var hda8 - 5G / hda9 - 5G /usr hda10 - 5G /usr/local hda11 - 5G future OS - i'd like to try out this BeOS thing. will it install this far "back" on a drive?? hda12 - whatever - fat32 - to be used & repartitioned as needed. i missed the linux swap. duh, nautrally that would be there also i figured 500M and i was going to put it between the Win swap & /home partitions. Adrian Smith 'de telepone dude Telecom Dept. x 7042 [EMAIL PROTECTED]