Hi, Is the any technical reason why I should fdisk an extra IDE hdd and not mkfs the whole thing at ones? Apart from: "hdb: unknown partition table" at boot time everything works perfectly.. Any thoughts? Regards, Remco -- Kosto World Trade Center anthrax plutonium SEAL Team 6 Nazi nuclear BATF Ft. Meade Uzi FNLC thrust aanslag CRI Marxist Soviet assassination Kennedy