Several machines where I allowed diskdrake in Mdk 7.1 to do the default partition are now becoming problematic as the undersized usr partitions are rapidly filling up. Is there an easy and reliable solution to this dilemma? Do programs such as Gnu Parted allow me to join two partitions into a larger whole? DiskDrake left me with /dev/hda1 * 1 31 248976 82 Linux swap /dev/hda2 32 2108 16683502+ 5 Extended /dev/hda5 32 69 305203+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 70 451 3068383+ 83 Linux /dev/hda7 452 2108 13309821 83 Linux which I would rather partition as having hda6 and hda7 in one large partition. Is this possible, or is my only recourse to backup the disk, repartition and re-install? -- Gary Lawrence Murphy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> TeleDynamics Communications Inc Business Innovations Through Open Source Systems: http://www.teledyn.com "Computers are useless. They can only give you answers."(Pablo Picasso)