>>>>> "Alexander" == Alexander Dalloz <alexander.dalloz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes: Alexander> If both drives contain Fedora / Redhat installations Alexander> the behaviour results from the usage of partition Alexander> labels. Boot with CD1 into rescue mode and change in Alexander> the fstab the LABEL entries to the real partition data Alexander> (hdXY). Also change in grub the kernel line from using Alexander> root=LABEL=/ to using the partition like hda2. This IS the situation. Thanks - I'll try that. -- Colin Paul Adams Preston Lancashire