Ok, we have a dell poweredge 1800. If we do fc3 linux rescue, it sees all the drives as a single raid container, making /dev/sda correctly display as 220gb. I can modify, create, delete, mount, and write to partitions from there. On login to linux rescue, it says "loading aacraid" which seems to be correct. HOWEVER, on fc3 actual install, it says, on the consle portion, loading aacraid, but when it gets to partition portion, it generally fails(but not always) on accessing/seeing /dev/sda. It ALWAYS fails when I, for instance, go to manual partition, (which, since I partitioned in linux rescue[it would not work through here], it shows all the partitions correctly), and tell it a mount point, and do not format, it craps out saying cannot access /dev/sda or cannot see it, or input/output error, then reboots. help? Do i need to provide some parameter on booting the linux install? I can do EVERYTHING fine with the partition from linux rescue, what's the deal with the install? __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? The all-new My Yahoo! - Get yours free! http://my.yahoo.com