Started up and pressed command-s this is my screen: Thu Jan 16 06:24:56 CST 2003 sh-2.05a# mount -a I get this as a response: sh-2.05a# then I type mount-a (without the space after 'mount') and get sh: mount -a command not found Also I saw some of the things you mentioned. BSD root : disk0s5, major 14, minor 5 devfs on /dev that is just before I get Thu Jan 16 06:24:56 CST 2003 sh-2.05a# ivan