> Maybe you have one of the woody intaller CD's, boot off the first one, > and when prompted type rescue root=/dev/hdxX <------ replace with your > root partition, probably hda1. thanks: how do i know which is my root partition? (i can't remember which is which of my various partitions - i can't remember if the first was the root or the swap. is there a way of finding out?) all best, josh