mod_rewrite not running

[weekender]

Hi all

I'm trying to learn about mod_rewrite - i have the mod_rewrite.c file, i have uncommented it in httpd.conf and it should all be working.

i'm on winXP, php 4.3.1 with zend server 3.0.2. I've searched through phpb and google too.

i have a .htaccess file in the root of my webserver, with the following lines in

Options +FollowSymLinks 
RewriteEngine on 
RewriteCond ^old\.html$ /index.html [L]

Yet when i try to load old.html, i just get a 404 error. Can anyone offer a suggestion?

Cheers,

adam

[drew010]

try
RewriteRule ^old.html$ /index.html [R]
instead.

[weekender]

Thanks Drew, but i'd already tried that and it doesn't work.

Any other ideas?