No this was not the full output from df. There was nowhere, however, any reference to /dev/sdc1, the filesystem where the root filesystem "/" is located. Only the lines in my earlier message:
rootfs 29694968 2877284 25309184 11% / /dev/root 29694968 2877284 25309184 11% / In /boot/grub/grub.conf the third line in the following specifies the "/" directory as /dev/sdc1, while /boot is in /dev/sda1. title Gentoo Linux 2.6.30-r4.02 root (hd0,0) kernel /kernel-2.6.30-gentoo-r4.02 root=/dev/sdc1 Thank you for earlier remarks that clarified this issue to a satisfactory extent. Alan > >