>I assume you mean your second hard drive? It's only a D: drive under DOS or Windows. :) <
How about if I call it 'the little shiny box that makes whirring and clicking noises which is under the other one which is sort of like it?' :) Thanks for your consise and perfectly clear explanation of why I can't do what I wanted. If only that had been in the Debian install documentation, I wouldn't have wasted hours, and I wouldn't have had to bother everybody. Don't get me wrong, I think the Debian install doc is terrific, and has plenty of detail. However, some details which are natural to Linux people are alien to newbies. I got stuck for a while because I didn't realize you had to set the type of a partition, after you made it, so it wouldn't accept my swap partition. I am also confused about what difference it makes between making primary or logical partitions. Since I'm only making three, it didn't seem to make any difference at all if the 2nd two were logical or primary. Thanks again for the help. Kevin Stokes Pie in the Sky Software www.pieskysoft.com
