let me be a little more specific about this problem I first choose automatic partitions...see what they do auto then I go back to disk druid. automatic showed partions and mounts @: /boot 102mb / 114369 swap 512 (I have 512 Ram) 2 ide 120 gb wd drives: hdb hdc in Druid: >new>hdb1 only>software RAID>fill to 102mb>primary partition checked >new>hdb2 only>software RAID>fill to 114369 new>hdb3 only>swap>fill to 512 new>hdc1 only>software RAID>fill to 102mb>primary partition checked new>hdc2 only>software RAID>fill to 114369 new>hdc3 only>swap>fill to 512 >RAID>create device md(0) mountpoint = /boot >hdb1,hdc1 checked >RAID>create device md(1) mountpoint = / > hdb2, hdc2 checked that's bout it...chose next and we on the way...starts installing and whammo...no disk space grrrrrrrrrrr ...system will reboot...just hit ok I am discounting memory problems as this same box was running freebsd for weeks at a time 24/7 w/no probs. thx John Rose -- The only thing Micro$oft has done for society is make people believe that computers are inherently unreliable.