On Tuesday 08 June 2010 17:01:29 Lisi wrote: > I'll run > fsck on /dev/hda1 in the morning and the remove the larger drive and see if > everything boots.
I made sure that /dev/hda1 was indeed / , then ran fsck on /dev/hda1. It found errors and offered to fix them. I said yes to every question, crossed my fingers and rebooted into resident OS. All seems well. <crosses fingers of right hand> So this seems to have been at least partly PEBKAC. :-( Now to check up on hdb1 (/home). After all, it could still be very near death's door. Thanks for the help. Lisi -- Please post to: Hampshire@mailman.lug.org.uk Web Interface: https://mailman.lug.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hampshire LUG URL: http://www.hantslug.org.uk --------------------------------------------------------------