After reading the various travails of using grub with Linux software RAID 1 I can honestly say that I am still happy with my decision to use lilo instead of grub. It "just works". Here's my lilo.conf: prompt timeout=50 default=linux boot=/dev/md3 map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b message=/boot/message lba32 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-27.0.4.EL label=linux.old initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-27.0.4.EL.img read-only root=/dev/md5 append="hdc=ide-scsi" image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL label=linux root=/dev/md5 append="hdc=ide-scsi" read-only initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-32.0.1.EL.img That's it. The worst problem is I have to remember to update lilo.conf whenever I get a new kernel rpm and then run lilo. Cheers, Dave -- When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things bought and sold are the legislators. -- P.J. O'Rourke