I just ran f disk on my second harddrive, 8.1 GB. I have set no partitions yet. I did not enable large disk detection, and therefore, it can only set 2 active partitions. If I enable large drive detection, I believe it will be setting it to FAT 32. Will this have an adverse effect on installing Linux? And can someone give me their preferred partition sizes and number of partitions for an 8.1 GB drive? Thanks. "Live long and prosper", O. Glenn Ervin (Lenny) N0YJV Northeast Nebraska e-mail: glennervin at cableone.net The above address can also be found on MSM. or my work e-mail: gErvin at ncbvi.state.ne.us