The test to fill up the 1.8TB ended successfully. Apparently, parted is hosed up, and using fdisk is the key to getting full access to the partition. Thanks to everyone that had some input, especially Martin who supplied the critically important piece of information. -- Bill Gradwohl YCC (817) 224-9400 x211 www.ycc.com SPAMstomper Protected E-mail www.stomperware.com