I am getting ready too install the Mandriva Distro on my laptop. I want to leave the XP system alone that is on there. I have about 20gig of free space on the 40 gig hard drive, and I would like to allocate about 10 gig for the Linux partition. When I do the install from the CD distro, if I select the "unused space on the windows partition" will it let me specify the amount of space I want in the Linux partition, or is it going to grab all the free space on the hard drive? -- 73 - Bill - N8ET Kanga US www.kangaus.com 419-423-4604 (Kanga) 419-423-5643 (home) 419-348-0457 (cell)