OK. I'm going to do this again. I'll try a Debian style install using the new installer. First swapoff dev/hda(x), so I can repartition. Then I will delete all partitions. Next I will create a 512meg swap partition HDA1 (at beginning of drive for performance). I will then create a primary 2 gig (HDA2) ext3 for root. The rest will be another primary (HDA3) ext3 partition.

I will run mkswap /dev/hda1 and install into the 2 Gig partition.

I'm not sure how the installer sets up all the various partitions. Will I now have /usr /var /home partitions in /dev/hda2? Do I need to reconfigure so /dev/hda3 is /home?