> > I could be wrong, but I believe the fix is all supposed to be on one line > > sfdisk -d /dev/hda | sfdisk --no-reread -H255 /dev/hda > > thus the output from the first command is piped into the second > command. You can think of it as the output of the first command is > used as the input to the second. > > Apologies in advance if I'm mistaken. No you're right, i'm on the xp partition now, Thanks for helping me get that bug fixed. my theme song for linux is.... 34986 hairs in my my head, 34986 hairs take a handful and give it a tear, 34532 hairs in my head.... yeah not gonna make platinum, but it'll make the wig makers happy....