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Now the only thing that shows up when I boot is 01 01 01 01 01 repeated as long as the system is up.

Not sure about your other problems/questions, however this is a result of no boot loader (grub or lilo) be installed in the correct place. Just re-install/config these and your machine should boot.

Ok, but how do I go about doing that? So, it's been a few years since I've had to boot a rescue system. I forgot about the load modules options. I loaded the filesystem and firewire modules and I can access all my disks. thanks Adam, brian -- Brian Jackson Photo http://www.brianjacksonphoto.com