On Fri, 07 May 2004 09:40:09 +0200, Michael Biebl wrote: > Grub is configured through the file /boot/grub/menu.lst. You have to > adapt this file too. Thanks for trying. Wrong answer, though: Only when you boot using it. Booting from floppy doesn't. Secondly, this is boot/grub/menu.lst on hd0,2: root (hd0,2) kernel /vmlinuz-2.6.5-1-686 ro root=/dev/hda6 initrd /initrd.img-2.6.5-1-686 Still stumped, Uwe