Hi! Sorry for the late answer, but I havent seen youre answer earlier.
First of all I could find a solution to my problem. It was a wron entry in the menu.lst. There was the line: # kopt=root=/dev/hda8 ro in the menu.lst After I changed it to # kopt=root=/dev/hda9 ro I could install any kernel or run update-grub (what was the real problem) and everything still runs fine. Hope, that this helps you, but I have no idea why this entry was wrong. Here ist the output of fstab: $ cat /etc/fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda9 / ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 1 /dev/hda10 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hdd /media/cdrom1 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hda8 /backup/ ext3 defaults,errors=remount-ro 0 0 /dev/hda1 /windows/win_c vfat rw,user,uid=1000 0 0 /dev/hda5 /windows/win_d vfat rw,user,uid=1000 0 0 /dev/hda6 /windows/win_e vfat rw,user,exec,gid=krasnoj,umask=007 00 /dev/hda7 /windows/win_f vfat rw,user,uid=1000 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /windows/win_g vfat rw,user,uid=1000 0 0 Then mount: # mount /dev/hda9 on / type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) proc on /proc type proc (rw) sysfs on /sys type sysfs (rw) devpts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,gid=5,mode=620) tmpfs on /dev/shm type tmpfs (rw) usbfs on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs (rw) /dev/hda8 on /backup type ext3 (rw,errors=remount-ro) /dev/hda1 on /windows/win_c type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000) /dev/hda5 on /windows/win_d type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000) /dev/hda6 on /windows/win_e type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,gid=1000,umask=007) /dev/hda7 on /windows/win_f type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000) /dev/hdb1 on /windows/win_g type vfat (rw,noexec,nosuid,nodev,uid=1000 Cheers Stefan -- If you answer, please send it CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AND TO: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]