Having gone to the effort of making a current ext3 patch for the current Linus kernel, I figured I'd save y'all the trouble: ftp://perlsupport.com/pub/linux/kernel/ext3-0.9.12-2.4.12.patch.gz Note that this is an unofficial patch! No guarantees! Not responsible! But it works for me.... Share & Enjoy! -- Chip Salzenberg - a.k.a. - <chip@pobox.com> "We have no fuel on board, plus or minus 8 kilograms." -- NEAR tech