The partitioning step walks you through to this point, showing that the root partition is /dev/sda3 (if you are following the same scheme). So the syslinux line with root=/dev/sda3 ro is correct. I'm not sure about the ro vs rw, but mine is ro and works fine. Name Flags Part Type FS Type [Label] Size (MB) ----------------------------------------------------------------------- sda1 Boot Primary Linux 15360 sda2 Primary Linux swap / Solaris 1024 sda3 Primary Linux 133000* On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 2:00 AM, Jude DaShiell <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > The line syslinux.cfg leaves as root=/dev/sda3 ro if the example in the > beginner's guide is followed needs to be changed to: > root=/dev/sda1 rw > I am having further problems with the archlinux installation but these are > off topic for this message. > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------- > jude <jdashiel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Adobe fiend for failing to Flash > >