So I booted from the rescue CD and got some info using the commands you told me to.... fdisk -l produces(I have left out the sizes) /dev/sda3 83 Linux /dev/sda4 f W95 Ext'd (LBA) /dev/sda5 83 Linux /dev/sda6 87 Linux Swap df produces.... Mounted On rootfs / /dev/root.old / /tmp/loop0 /mnt/runtime /dev/sda5 /mnt/sysimage /dev/sda3 /mnt/sysimage/boot /dev/root.old /mnt/sysimage/dev and mount produces.... /dev/root.old on / type ext (rw) /proc on /proc type proc (rw, nodiratime) /dev/pts on /dev/pts type devpts (rw) /sys on /sys type sysfs (rw) none on /tmp type ramfs (rw) none on /tmp/ramfs type ramfs (rw) /proc/bus/usb on /proc/bus/usb type usbfs(rw) /tmp/loop0 on /mnt/runtime type cramfs (ro) /selinux on /selinux type selinuxfr (rw) /dev/sda5 on /mnt/sysimage type ext3 (rw) /dev/sda3 on /mnt/sysimage/boot type ext3 (rw) none on /mnt/sysimage/proc type proc(rw, nodiratime) none on /mnt/sysimage/sys type sysfs (rw) /dev/root.old on mnt/sysimage/dev type ext2 (rw) I hope this helps, I really didnt know which one I was looking for... I think(?) I understand the rest once I can just figure out what I need and what will be used in the rest of the commands... Thanks alot! Charles __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com