Hi it's possible to put root partition in hda5 and /boot in hda1 and installing lilo to /boot ..... i'have tested with add boot option to first partition but does 'nt work because Marc -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.300 / Virus Database: 265.6.11 - Release Date: 12/01/2005