Hi I have 2 computers. A brand new PC P4 2.4ghz with 256mb RAM 40g HDD CD/DVD combo drive Old IBM branded PC with Celeron 500.(Non Cd boot) CD rom drive 64mb RAM. Unfortunately the new Pc will boot Win Xp as the primary OS as other family members use it. 20Gb has been partitioned for this as C and D I have already tried FC3/Slack and Ubuntu on the remaining space. Now I would like to re install thes distros the following way 1.FC3 2.Debian Sarge 3.Slackware 4.Ubuntu Hoary Each will be allocated 4gb space Will also alocate 512mb as swap space The remaining space will remain empty or may be used in future for LFS or Gentoo. Is the above scheme possible ? by creating extended partitions Will 4 gb suffice for each distro. I intend to install the full distros and then remove unwanted packages. Thanks and Regards Ninad