In the bang head and repeat mode here. The live usb partition is /dev/sda1 Reboot / power on It auto mounts the /dev/sda2 as ext4 on /mnt/disc/sda2 $ umount /mnt/disc/sda2 $ mkdir /root/foo $ mke2fs /dev/sda2 $ mount /dev/sda2 /root/foo Kernel panic Snip from the kernel panic: ?????? list_del+0xb/0x71 cache_alloc_refill+0xf1/0x186 ext2_fill_super+0x0/0xa37 .... system_call+0x7e/0x83 -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- - - - Jason Pyeron PD Inc. http://www.pdinc.us - - Principal Consultant 10 West 24th Street #100 - - +1 (443) 269-1555 x333 Baltimore, Maryland 21218 - - - -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- This message is copyright PD Inc, subject to license 20080407P00.