This problem came about because I was editing my fstab so that my Win98 drive would automout at startup. Checking root filesystem fsck.ext3 : Uable to resolve 'Label=/' *** An error has occured during the file system check. *** Droping to a shell; the system will reboot. Give password for maintanc (or type Control-D to continue) When I do presss the key the system comes back with unmounting file system Automatic reboot in progress However all it does not it just sits there, it does not reboot. Here is my FSTAB LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 LABEL=/boot /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts gid=5,mode=620 0 0 none /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 none /sys sysfs defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb4 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/cdrom1 /mnt/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 noauto,owner,kudzu,ro 0 0 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,owner,kudzu 0 0 /dev/hda1 /drive_c vfat auto,rw 0 0 /dev/hda2 /drive_d vfat auto,rw 0 0 /dev/hdb5 /drive_e vfat auto,rw 0 0 /dev/hdb6 /drive_f vfat auto,rw 0 0 I added the last four line, the directories are already make. I was able edit the fstab and remove the 4 lines but it still will not work. Any ideas?? Never say Never Romeo Void Firefox 1.0 Thunderbird 1.0

Try stating the device explicitly rather than using its volume name. I am guessing that your boot and root partitions are /dev/hdb1 and hdb2, change the first two lines so they look more like: /dev/hdb2 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hdb1 /boot ext3 defaults 1 2 NB Make sure that you use the correct device names for your system, the above is just an example. You may also want to add umask=0 to the options of the FAT partitions to give all ordinary users write permission.