Hi, Ok, scratch 90% of that, I'm a bit tired . Realized I could make the edits in memory and see if things "adjusted". They do. So its really not bad. I'll probably just delete the partitions in the extended and re-create them. I think at that point I can do what I want. I guess I could still use : * Standard mk2fs line options * Just as an FYI when we swap the 500 to primary, and put ANOTHER 500 in as a backup.... How to install grub to be bootable on a disk (But I'm sure I could visit the grub site to find that out.... :) ) Sorry for the previous ramble. This time *I* wasn't thinking. Tuc -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html