IT WORKS! Thanks to Herberts hint I installed kernel-image-2.4.18-k7, recreated my initrd and that was it. Now the root partition is mounted as ext3. Michael -- Michael Meskes Michael@Fam-Meskes.De Go SF 49ers! Go Rhein Fire! Use Debian GNU/Linux! Use PostgreSQL! -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-request@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster@lists.debian.org