HD Install :: persistence issues

could it be because /dev/hda7 is mounted in /cdrom (although rw enabled)?

there is an error after color starts but before startx:

"chown could not find /mnt/hda7/home in */fstab or */mtab"

it scrolled too fast and not in dmesg.

restore=hda7 is working now. cannot use subfolders for this.

mydsl is also working but not in persistent mode. it really could have been the gremlins.

original here.