I have decided to do a clean install of SuSE Pro 9.2 and would like some advice on several points. Background: My current system is a P4 2.8 Mhz w/ 1 GB RAM and two 80 GB HDs. Windoze XP SP2 is on the first HD. The second HD has a 500 MB partition formatted FAT16 and the remainder is SuSE Pro 9.0 with a 1 GB Linux Swap partition and the rest a single / partition using ReiserFS. I have Ximian (GNOME) Desktop 2, Evolution 1.4.6, Ximian oOo 1.1.1, and Firefox 1.0 installed. I want to use GNOME but assume that I'll be using SuSE's version and that I'll use YaST instead of Red Carpet for my updating. 1. Does the SuSE 9.2 installation need to begin in the first 1024 cylinders, or can I install SuSE anywhere? e.g. if my SuSE partition began at the 10, 15, or 20 GB point of an 80 GB HDD, would this cause any problems? I thought that recent iterations of Linux were not required to begin within the 1024 limit, but I have heard conflicting opinions on the subject. 2. When I installed SuSe 9.0, I intended to use Boot Magic (that comes with Partition Magic) as my boot manager. However, I unintentionally chose to use grub, so I deactivated Boot Magic. I use grub and it is OK but I do prefer BM. Once I have backed-up the data and settings that I want to keep, I plan to delete the current SuSE partitions using Partition Magic. However, how do I delete whatever changes have been made to the MBR when I installed grub? How do I avoid setting grub as my boot manager at installation of SuSE 9.2? (I seem to remember with RH 7.1 that I selected lilo as the boot loader but, by opting not to make any changes to the MBR, I was able to use Boot magic as my boot manager.) 3. Will the data and especially the settings that I transfer from my 9.0 system to 9.2 run into any compatibility problems, especially in re: Evolution? Should I expect this to be able to move data and settings from Evolution 1.4.6 to 2.0.x , or might there be complications? If so, how can I avoid or otherwise deal with them? I plan to save and transfer several folders in /home/kelly, especially /Documents and /evolution. What about some of the "hidden" folders and files in /home/kelly - are any of them important to transfer? TIA Kelly Morris