James, > Here's a top-level directory listing for the boot > disk: > ~(45) ls -l /mnt/cdrom > total 3 > dr-xr-xr-x 2 root root 2048 May 13 > 05:24 isolinux/ > -r--r--r-- 1 root root 220 May 13 > 05:24 TRANS.TBL > > Here's a top-level directory listing for disk 1: does your system really not boot from disk 1? All the needed files seem to be there. You definitly don't need to build a special boot-CD. Try booting from this disk 1. -volker