I did use dpkg -i to install the kernel, but, NO, i didn't use linux-image in the name, because i simply renamed the long filename to 'linux.deb.' Next time i install it again, i'll just type the whole, long title itself. Thanks a lot. I just copied what you wrote to the end of the etc/fstab file, rebooted, and that was all; it fixed everything. Oddly, though, i still receive the same error messages during bootup. And I still have a minor problem. Boot time with the new 2.6.19-1-multimedia is slightly slower than the default. This is due to the fact of some additional errors (they were here before, too) which pop up. They actually come up twice. First, after the previous errors, and then again, toward the end, followed by "System is setting clock again." Strangely, i seem to have NO problems with clock settings, at all. Here, are the error messages:

locale: cannot set LC_CTYPE to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: cannot set LC_MESSAGES to default locale: No such file or directory
locale: cannot set LC_ALL to default locale: No such file or directory

Any idea what these mean? Do you think i'm better off installing the kernel, again? (of course, with 'linux-image' in the title).