Hi Just wanted to say thanks to all who volunteered their tips last week on installing onto a WIN98 box with just 1 drive. I think I have him talked into buying a new disk, so that should simplify matters, at least for now. Turns out he's also going to want it on his laptop, so I'll have to deal with that problem eventually. In sum: It's easier to install on a separate drive that slicing one up that already has Winders on it. Fips, a dos partition program (thanks, I hadn't heard of this one), Partition magic, and at least some versions of disk druid SHOULD be able to handle the task, but don't forget to defrag (Thanks Andy, I'm sure I would have!). Be careful of sticking the Linux root partition above cylinder 1024 as some versions of LILO can't deal with that, though System Commander was suggested as a way around that problem. Thanks again! Ed Hoeffner 1-271 BSBE 312 Church St. SE Mpls, MN 55455 hoeffner at dcmir.med.umn.edu 612-625-2115 612-625-2163 fax