Wow! I can't believe I never stumbled upon your amazing guide before now! I also boot dozens of distros, and your info gave me several "why didn't I think of that?" moments.

One question regarding the 16 partitions per drive issue... could you explain this to me? I have sometimes been able to create such partitions, but then whatever distro I was trying to install refused to use it. Btw, I have just 2 drives one internal SATA and one USB external SATA.

Thanks again for all your efforts!