Hi all Just to let you know that I solved the problem (sticking at filesystem setup - the defrag problem..). It appears that Norton Speed disk was to 'blame'. I had forgotten that the default is to put rarely used files at the end of the disk. This of course does not show in Windows defrag. Thanks for all the helpful replies I did get for this problem. I am now enjoying the Linux experience. Now if I could only get my HP 420 deskjet to work, i'll be laughing... :-)) Gary Now Tux powered
