this is my disk_config file: disk_config hda disk1 primary /media/C preserve1; ntfs logical /boot 256 rw,errors=remount-ro ; -c ext2 boot logical / 8096 rw,errors=remount-ro ; -c -j ext3 logical swap 4096 rw logical /var 2048 rw ; -m 5 -j ext3 logical /tmp 1536 rw ; -m 0 -j ext3 logical /scratch 1024- rw ; -m 0 -j ext3 disk_config disk2 primary /media/storage preserve1; reiser this is my disks layout: Disk /dev/hda: 9729 cylinders, 255 heads, 63 sectors/track Units = cylinders of 8225280 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 0+ 6432 6433- 51673041 7 HPFS/NTFS /dev/hda2 0 - 0 0 0 Empty /dev/hda3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty /dev/hda4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty Disk /dev/hdb: 238216 cylinders, 16 heads, 63 sectors/track Units = cylinders of 516096 bytes, blocks of 1024 bytes, counting from 0 Device Boot Start End #cyls #blocks Id System /dev/hdb1 0+ 238215 238216- 120060832+ 83 Linux /dev/hdb2 0 - 0 0 0 Empty /dev/hdb3 0 - 0 0 0 Empty /dev/hdb4 0 - 0 0 0 Empty the fai client