Thanks all for your help. I will try everything tomorrow night (after England beat Germany) In the meantime here is my present lilo.conf # LILO configuration file # Start LILO global Section # If you want to prevent console users to boot with init=/bin/bash, # restrict usage of boot params by setting a passwd and using the option # restricted. #password=bootpwd #restricted boot=/dev/hdb4 compact append="hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi" lba32 vga=771 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=Wg:kw:Wg:Wg read-only prompt timeout=80 # End LILO global Section # image = /boot/vmlinuz root = /dev/hdb4 label = linux # image = /boot/vmlinuz.suse root = /dev/hdb4 label = suse optional # other = /dev/hda1 label = windows table = /dev/hda # image = /boot/memtest.bin label = memtest86 Regards Peter