> Did you go to single user mode before you tried to remount root > read-only? Have you more than one e2fs partition? The answer is 'nope' to both, and I think you've just got it... should have entered single mode BEFORE trying that! I guess it's just one typical case of the famous 'DOS/Win former user syndome'... ;-) BTW... how do I get into single user mode? ;-?