Hey i want 2 know how 2 make a root disk. i did make a boot disk but after booting it said....'init not found. try passing init=<options> ...' does any one know what that means.?? i guessed that there would be a root diskette also needed. does anyone know how 2 make one. i need 2 know some way 2 boot&root through a cd or a floppy..and very fast. :) (thats bcause my HD has some badblocks) And for cnb, that booting through cdrom gave d same error. as above when a wrote 'linux root=/dev/hdc' on the LILO prompt. akshay. -- Get your free email from www.linuxmail.org <br> <a href=http://adserver-hk.outblaze.com/cgi-bin/nph-ad1?id=6&c=RANDOM> <img src=http://adserver-hk.outblaze.com/cgi-bin/nph-img1?id=6&c=RANDOM border="0"></a> <br> To subscribe / unsubscribe goto the site www.ilug-bom.org ., click on the mailing list button and fill the appropriate information and submit. For any other queries contact the ML maintener