Godwin, > > Instead, I thought maybe booting RH 7.2 rescue, > > mount the ext2 & either of the two vfat drives, > > move the files, then format the ext2 drive vfat. > While I think of it, you'd also have to change the > system ID of the partition in the partition table. > A partition formatted as vfat but designated ext2/ > 3 in the partition table won't get picked up by > windows. Thanks. This is what I'd meant -- run fdisk & wipe the partitons, then make a vfat partition. I would then boot back into Windows & format it fromt there. Thanks for pointing that out though. Meph -- "I did this 'cause Linux gives me a woody." -Dave '-ddt->' Taylor, announcing DOOM for Linux To unsubcribe send e-mail with the word unsubscribe in the body to: Linux-Anyway-Request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx?body=unsubscribe