Apologies for sending this again, but I again found that my email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as received by me via the digest version cutoff my last section of my reply. I dont know whether it didnt get sent out of hotmail correctly (i received a copy i sent to myself but that is internal to hotmail), or whether the redhat mailer messed it up. I also dont know if subscribers to the nondigest form of redhat-list also got the truncated version. in any case here is /only/ the missing piece, my verbal explanation of my example lilo.conf: this type of dual rootfs setup works for me, in my case two versions of redhat5.2 for one of my rootfs /boot resides outside of /, similar to your case and no trouble results. I don't need to use a bootfloppy lilo can be run (if necessary) when booted up in either 5.2 or 6.1 In this method I do have to keep parallel lilo.conf one under /rh6.1/etc and the other under /rh5.2/etc but this is not hard to keep consistent with any future changes. at any given time one or the other of the two rootfs is mounted as / with the other mounted under a directory with its identifying label once working, the rootfs that isn't being used as / doesnt have to be mounted at all, unless you want it mounted to be accessible for examination or wanting to rerun lilo ... this way the other rootfs has some degree of protection regards Jack ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.