On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, [gb2312] ÐÂ ÔÂ wrote: > Hi: > how does the kernel know which filesystem should be > mounted as root filesytem? > The Easter Bunny whispers in its ear.... Erm actually, check /etc/lilo.conf for hints. Cheers, Dick Johnson Penguin : Linux version 2.4.1 on an i686 machine (799.53 BogoMips). I was going to compile a list of innovations that could be attributed to Microsoft. Once I realized that Ctrl-Alt-Del was handled in the BIOS, I found that there aren't any.