/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 # localhost matt # fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 100.0 GB, 100030242816 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 12161 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 6375 51207156 83 Linux /dev/sda2 6376 11976 44990032+ 83 Linux /dev/sda3 11977 12161 1486012+ 5 Extended /dev/sda5 11977 12161 1485981 82 Linux swap / Solaris localhost matt #