In order to became a real Linux expert (ehe ehe) I nedd to know what every unix (and Linux, tell me every differencies if there are) system does during boot. As far as I know, everything starts with MBR, then fstab, then the kernel is loaded and devices recognized. After that? Please tell me the EXACT order, so I can modify the right config files. Thank you very much. Olaf Configuration: Celeron 333A, 128 MB, 6+3 GB HD, Yamaha OPL3-SA3 ISA soundcard, Realtek Ethernet, i740 video card running at 1024@16bpp, Toshiba CD and LG 8080B CD-RW hda1: win 98, hda5 Linux ReiserFS, hda6 swap, hda7 ReiserFS (/home); hdb1: FAT32 with datas