On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Michael B. Taylor wrote: > On Wed, Oct 03, 2001 at 03:25:11PM +0200, Gerald Richter wrote: > I have no idea why you are getting the error. Have you tried > the "fdisk" command? I have seen it work in cases where cfdisk > fails. Yes, first try fdisk. Sometimes a new disk will require a format from the host adapter's BIOS. rob Live the dream.