/dev/sda2 / ext3 defaults,user_xattr 1 1 /dev/sda1 /C ext3 defaults,uid=1000 0 0 /dev/sda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 tmpfs /dev/shm tmpfs defaults 0 0 localhost matt # mount -a mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so localhost matt #