some more details on the installation: i manually ran lilo in a seperate console and then chose to manually configure partition layout, which i used to assign the mounts.
here is the output of fdisk -l (note this was made from a knoppix rescue CD not the debian installer): [EMAIL PROTECTED] fdisk -l Disk /dev/hda: 80.0 GB, 80026361856 bytes 16 heads, 63 sectors/track, 155061 cylinders Units = cylinders of 1008 * 512 = 516096 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 1 1939 977224+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hda2 * 1940 155061 77173488 83 Linux Here is fstab: # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # <file system> <mount point> <type> <options> <dump> <pass> proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda2 / xfs defaults 0 1 /dev/hda1 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdc /media/cdrom0 iso9660 ro,user,noauto 0 0 here are relevant lines from lilo.conf: boot=/dev/hda root=/dev/hda2 map=/boot/map delay=20 vga=normal default=Linux image=/vmlinuz label=Linux read-only initrd=/initrd.img image=/vmlinuz.old label=LinuxOLD read-only optional initrd=/initrd.img.old -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]