Rahul Sundaram wrote: >> I would never use automatic partitioning under any circumstances. > any rationale or just some personal belief? >> -- > In my case at least (I didn't make the above remark) I've absolutely no idea what "automatic partitioning" would do. To me that is a bit like asking someone to "re-style" my house without any idea if I'll finish up with a bath or a shower. Or maybe I'll get a gym instead of a study. Actually, in my case (as I said) I wanted to preserve my Windows installation on hda1, and I couldn't see any indication whether "automatic partitioning" would preserve this or not. -- Timothy Murphy e-mail (<80k only): tim /at/ birdsnest.maths.tcd.ie tel: +353-86-2336090, +353-1-2842366 s-mail: School of Mathematics, Trinity College, Dublin 2, Ireland