I want to mirror my SuSE 9.0 notebook's hdd contents to the usb drive. Is there a preferred way to do that so that once I get 9.1 successfully loaded on my notebook I may selectively retrieve what I desire from the usb hdd /media/sdb1? Also, is it recommended that I partition my current notebook hdd and load 9.1 there or to use some methodology to wipe the hdd and to load 9.1 clean? Is there any liability to dual-booting 9.0 and 9.1, e.g. conflicts, or is there a way to partition that avoids that, please? Thanks! dmc -- Blessings ... dmc West Central Florida ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This E-mail was generated using SuSE 9.0 Linux & Mozilla. This PC is free of all Microsoft products. Visit: www.suse.com ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~