I reformatted a 250 USB gb disk (LACIE) to ext3 and it works fine. It mounts when I start my gnome session, but if I reboot the disk is not mounted. I labelled it "Backup" so it always mounts as /media/Backup. I read around and found a suggestion to add the following line to my /etc/fstab: LABEL=Backup /media/Backup ext3 auto,hotplug,defaults 1 2 I did this and the boot process would stop and enter in a loop and freeze. I had to boot from a Ubuntu Live CD and change the fstab file manually to get back my fedora. What is wrong with this line and how can I mount the Usb disk before starting a gnome session? -- Walter Garcia-Fontes Barcelona, Spain