To avoid partition, there's the umsdos filesystem. You'll take a performance hit, and do some funky dos bat files to boot the thing, but it works. On the other hand, in the world of big cheap hard disks, this is kinda obselete. fips works for repartitioning. It's been so long that I couldn't begin to tell you how to use it. The linux version of fdisk can do it too. I have no freaking idea how my college roomate did it, or how he figured it out. Personally, when ever I have to repartition I pull out Partition Magic (searches personal archives...where did it go) Yes, it runs under windows, but it's easy to use, and I've never had it botch a partition. The worst thing it's done is hose lilo, which is expected. Always have a rescue disk on hand when repartitioning or installing winders. -- \\\|/// \\ - - // ( @ @ ) ----oOOo--(_)-oOOo-------------------------------------------- Andy Zbikowski, Sys Admin | (WEB) http://www.ltiflex.com LTI Flexible Products, Inc. | (PH) 763-428-9119 (EX) 132 21801 Industrial Blvd | (FX) 763-428-9126 Rogers, MN 55374 | (PCS) 612-306-6055 ---------------Ooooo------------------------------------------ ( ) ooooO ) / ( ) (_/ \ ( \_) -------------- next part -------------- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: tclug-list-unsubscribe at mn-linux.org For additional commands, e-mail: tclug-list-help at mn-linux.org