>> OK when you say livecd, do you mean the Centos 5.1 distro >> disks? I have a full set of them, a 7 disk set I got from Linux Central. >> Can I just boot off disk 1 from my set? > > LiveCD as in the livecd: > > eg : > http://mirrors.kernel.org/centos/5.1/isos/i386/CentOS-5.1-i386-LiveCD.iso > >> ...or, if I left the install the way it is now, are there any dis advantages of leaving the file >> system the way it is - spread over two hard drives? > > nope, just that if you loose one drive, you loose everything ( > potentially ) on the entire filesystem > >> Should just get another hard drive and back it up the way it is? >> Would ther be any problems with my backup if left the way it is? > > Both those should be fine > >> >> Or ahould I just do a complete re install of the OS after backing up my data... >> >> What do you reccomend -leave it as is, re configure it, or re install it? >> > > I'd recommend you spend the time in learning about lvm and resize the > filesystem down to one drive, LVM does take about 2 - 3 hours to work > out, but once you do work it out - its fantastic and something that > makes Linux really worthwhile :D > > but that is my personal opinion, you should still do whatever you feel > like - it is, after all, a free world :D Hi there, I downloaded and burned the LiveCD, and am able to boot off ot it, at least I got off to a start! You mentioned a few days ago the LVM HowTo - Is this what you were talking about: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LVM-HOWTO/ ? Or did you mean someplace on the Centos site? I'm going through the other URL you posted - http://www.centos.org/docs/5/, have not found anything specifically titled "lvm how to" yet. Also I tried booting off of LiveCD and got the below warning, wondered if you could give me a clue as to where to start: Warning: Cannot Find Root File System! Create symlin /dev/root and then exit this shell to continue the boot sequence. Bash: No job control in this shell bash-3.1# _________________________________________________________________ Windows Live Hotmail is giving away Zunes. http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/ZuneADay/?locale=en-US&ocid=TXT_TAGLM_Mobile_Zune_V3