Somebody in the thread at some point said: > kernel /boot/vmlinuz-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 ro root=LABEL=Cata Just comparing it to my grub.conf, I have root=LABEL=/ here, since your problems are coming from the initial root device I wonder if you should try to relabel "Cata" as "/" and adjust grub.conf accordingly, in case it has a special meaning... doesn't sound likely but it is a difference in the right area for the symptom. Also it might be work recooking your initrd now you changed the /etc/fstab. Something like this should do mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 2.6.21-1.3194.fc7 maybe you tried it already since you mentioned initrd contents in the thread. Otherwise as the others said you seem to have a lot of powers at your disposal and to have used them... it's probably something dumb ;-) -Andy