> > Actual exact message text is good, thats why error handlers don't > > just all print "It broke" > > The error is along the lines of some of the devices have failed to mount. I'm > assuming that when the rescue disc boots, it reads the fstab on the drive it's > trying to mount and use them. The only one which looks like it's failed to > mount is /dev/hda1 which is where the /boot directory is. Ok you should have an /sbin/MAKEDEV You can use that to make any device nodes you need fd, hd and sd should be enough