More info Tins is an i386 install on a gigabyte GA-7VKMLS motherboard with an AMD Athlon 1700 processor and a VIA KM266 AGP set and VT8233A controller chip. I am new to Linux and un sure how over come this 137gig barrier. I am trying to install debian on a 160gig Maxtor hard drive. Cfdisk only shows 137. how do I over come this? I am using disk-5 -cd with 2.4 kernel. My bios reports 163.9gig henryg