Norm wrote: > I expected it to be this simple but it is not. > During the install I am presented with the correct representation of my > physical hard drives, when I go to the custom partitioning part of the > set up. The physical device that contains the current Microsoft boot > partition shows correctly as 10 gig. the second partition presents > itself as 47 gig which is the problem as the correct partitioning of > this hard drive should show as 10gig, 20gig and the remaining > approximately as 30 gig (probably actually 27gig). > You probably have an extended partition that is 47 G with a 20 G logical partition inside of it. So you have to ether create logical partitions inside of it for Linux, or shrink the extended partition. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for thou art crunchy and taste good with Ketchup!