[ cfdisk reports a 6+ gig drive as 2 gigs ] Two things to check 1) press <alt><f2> to get a terminal and type "dmesg" to see all the kernel bootup messages. Scroll up using <shift><pgup> and look for where the kernel detects hdc to verify it works correct.
2) try fdisk from that terminal ("fdisk /dev/hdc" should work). It's not as pretty, but seems to work where cfdisk falls short. HTH, Brandon +--- ---+ | Brandon Mitchell * [EMAIL PROTECTED] * http://bhmit1.home.ml.org/ | | Sometimes you have to release software with bugs. - MS Recruiter |