This is just some quick 'off the top of my head' sort of things... First, the 'ramdisk' problem. This is probably not caused by anything associated with the booting process (though _can_ be--at least when using LILO) but rather that the kernel is configured to use a 'ramdisk' as root (/). I use and have always used lilo so I am not very familiar with the other methods.
You are probably already familiar with 'rdev' but if you can find your debian kernel then you can tell that kernel to use whatever device/ partition you want. What boot manager are you using if not lilo? -- best, -bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] from a 1996 Micro$loth ad campaign: "The less you know about computers the more you want Micro$oft!" See! They do get some things right! -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .