Partition trouble in Damn Small Linux

I just installed damn small linux (DSL) to my hard drive using these instructions. I created three partitions. Two type 83 Linux (one for booting) and one Type 82 Linux Swap. I had initially set up hda3 (the non-boot Type 83 partition, comprising about 90% of my HD) as Fat32, not really knowing what the correct type was. When I realized my error, I went back into cfdisk and changed hda3 to Type 83 Linux. (Side note: all partitions are setup as "primary" rather than "logical"; i don't know the difference). I hit write partition table and it gave me a readout as follows:

Wrote partition table, but re-read table failed. Reboot to update table.

So I reboot, and I get a read out like so:



Scanning for Harddisk partitions and creating /etc/fstab... modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module xfs
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module minix
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module hfs
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module efs
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module xfs
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module minix
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module hfs
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module efs
Done.
Network device eth0 detected, DHCP broadcasting for IP. (Backgrounding)
Automounted starter for: floppy cdrom cdrom1.
ssh started
Checking for myDSL apps... FAT: bogus logical sector size 49788
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:03.
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module efs
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
Done
INIT: Entering runlevel: 5
FAT: bogus logical sector size 49788
VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 03:03.
modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module efs
mount: you must specify the filesystem type
Unable to mount device hda3
Press enter to continue:

I hit enter, and it boots normally. But I don't seem to be able to save any sort of settings including, for instance, myDSL extentions and the root password.

Anyone know what's going on?