Make a Win98 boot disk, then the linux boot disks. Run defrag under 98. fips should be able to handle resizing the partition. Last time I installed Red Hat I think disk druid could handle it as well. Knowing my luck, Red Hat replaced Disk Druid with something else... Anyway, some distros include a version of Partition Magic if you buy their boxed set. You'll want to shrink the windows partition down and create a secondary partition with logical disks for linux. Good luck, have fun, etc, etc, etc... -- 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