Are there any CDROM images I can use to mount the root file system of a Linux box in order to attempt to fix a stupid mistake I made? I need to have one serial TTY going so as to access the system which is normally how I use Linux. Fortunately, this is not my primary Linux box. If necessary, I can use my primary Linux system to burn CDROM's. What I accidentally did was to mkswap on the wrong partition. I did not specify any sizes, etc, so the disk still appears to be in tact. I am going to take the extra swap partition out of fstab for starters and then see what else got trashed. I don't want to have to re-install Linux if I don't have to. After I did this, the system stayed up, but I couldn't execute any commands such as vi or even halt. Built-in shell commands still executed. A ls of /bin or /sbin showed them full of files so they still appear to be there. Thanks for any suggestions. Martin McCormick WB5AGZ Stillwater, OK OSU Information Technology Division Network Operations Group _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list