Hi, all -- ...and then David T-G said... % ... % Now, for my next trick, I am about to dd the entire resized partition to % an identical partition at the right spot on the hard drive so that I can % then wipe out the original and put Linux at the front of the disk where Well, it's a good thing I didn't just wipe out the hda1 slice :-( All of the data is on the new hda3 but when I set it active and boot it reports "missing operating system". I *really* don't want to have to leave Win at the front of the disk but I'm running short of time and my have to. Does anyone know how to give hda3 the bits it wants? TIA & HAND :-D -- David T-G * There is too much animal courage in (play) davidtg@justpickone.org * society and not sufficient moral courage. (work) davidtgwork@justpickone.org -- Mary Baker Eddy, "Science and Health" http://justpickone.org/davidtg/ Shpx gur Pbzzhavpngvbaf Qrprapl Npg!