> Just for clarification, I currently have Windows 2K only on the laptop, I > will be formatting the drives and installing XP and Redhat. When you install XP, just leave some partition space for linux and your swap. Then install linux and setup lilo/grub to have an XP menu option. As long as during the linux install you don't touch the XP partition, it should work flawlessy. -A.P. Etc