I am getting closer to installing RedHat. I have downloaded the 8.0 ISO's and made CD images. But since I ran F Disk, without setting any partitions, neither CMOS or windows recognizes the 8 GB hard drive. I tried running FIPS, but it says that it can only partition a DOS drive. * Will Linux recognize this drive when I begin to install Linux, and will it format & partition the drive? "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