> mount / -o remount,rw > possibly a "mount / -n -o remount,rw" is needed, because without it mount will try to write a /etc/mtab to the ro filesystem and of course fail to do so. i don't know, if the mount shipped with debian behaves like that - the one from suse does. :-( -- Hi! I'm a .signature virus! Copy me into your ~/.signature, please! -- Linux - the last service pack you'll ever need.