This is a problem that is potentially embarassing for Mandrake, and I'm surprised not to have heard from them when I first posted it: LM 7.1 installs without any problem, and while installing it I can create the partitions I need with either fdisk or diskdrake without any trouble. When I boot-up my LM 7.2 cd, it works very well except that under 7.2, neither fdisk nor diskdrake can see the partition table of the hard disk. Is this a known "feature" ? Do you need more details on the machine setup ? Cheers, Ron the Frog, on the banks of the Paraguay River. -- As a general rule, if you want to get at the truth - hear both sides and believe neither. -- Josh Billings --- http://personales.conexion.com.py/~rolgiati ---