Star Linux, start fdisk and enter t (for setting the type of a partition), Answer all questions, eventually press L to show the list of partition types (where 82 is Linux native and 6 is Dos >=32Mb) , press x to write the changes to disk. Should do ... mfg ------------------------------------------------------- Andreas Sliwka --- http://emil.nef.wh.uni-dortmund.de/~goff talk to me: goff@trashcan.nef.wh.uni-dortmund.de/ICQ:13961062