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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Thanks for the other answers, but I should have
added that :</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It was a brand new drive out of the packet and the
error was there.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I thought maybe "linux needs a formatted drive to
play with', hence the partitioning it with Partion magic.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>So the drive had never been
used.</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>