hi, [[[ $ grep TMPFS /etc/sysconfig/* ; head -n 1 /etc/SuSE-release /etc/sysconfig/kernel:DEV_ON_TMPFS="yes" SUSE LINUX 10.0 (i586) OSS ]]] [[[ $ grep tmpfs * ; head -n 1 /etc/SuSE-release boot:# mount tmpfs on /dev if not already done by initramfs boot: if test "$dir" = "/dev" -a "$type" = "tmpfs"; then boot: echo -n "Mounting tmpfs at /dev" boot: mount -n -t tmpfs -o mode=0755 udev /dev boot.localfs:openSUSEmount -fv -t tmpfs udev /dev boot.localfs:openSUSE tmpfs) umount -t tmpfs $fs ;; boot.localfs:openSUSEumount -avt noproc,nonfs,nonfs4,nosmbfs,nocifs,notmpfs || { SUSE LINUX 10.0.42 (X86-64) OSS Beta5 ]]] hope this helps darix -- openSUSE - SUSE Linux is my linux openSUSE is good for you www.opensuse.org