Grub and the kernel (can) see the root as a different partition. Grub looks for the kernel and the kernel looks for init (psid 1). >From my grub.conf title Fedora Core (2.4.22-1.2174.nptl) root (hd0,1) kernel /vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl ro root=LABEL=/1 hdc=ide-scsi vga=795 initrd /initrd-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl.img -- jludwig <wralphie@xxxxxxxxxxx>