Guess what I just discovered! lilo says 'boot = /dev/hda'. What exactly is hda? Is it the MBR? From what one of the webpages I read I understand a /dev without a number after it to be an unpartitioned /dev. -- <:-)~MIKE~(-:> This message has been scanned for viruses by the VEI Internet Automatic Email Spam and Virus Scanner, and is believed to be free of spam or viruses. Please report spam to spamtrap@vei.net. If you would like 98.9 % spam blocked from your E-mail then go to VEI Internet for details. Anti-spam/Anti-virus is FREE with every account. http://www.vei.net/ mailtospamtrap@vei.net