this is /dev/hda3 entries for the NEW /etc/fstab the New installation /mnt/p3/etc$ cat fstab # /etc/fstab: static file system information. # # proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda3 / reiserfs notail 0 1 /dev/hdc5 none swap sw 0 0 /dev/hdd /media/cdrom0 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 /dev/hdb /media/cdrom1 udf,iso9660 user,noauto 0 0 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy0 auto rw,user,noauto 0 0