I had figured I ran ext3 but I actually didn't use it but defaulted back to ext2 upon booting. Sign of this was this output: mail:~ # cat /proc/mounts /dev/root / ext2 rw 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0 /dev/hdc1 /home ext3 rw 0 0 shmfs /dev/shm shm rw 0 0 mail:~ # cat /etc/fstab /dev/hda1 / ext3 defaults 1 1 /dev/hdc1 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy auto noauto,user 0 0 proc /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda2 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0 When booting /etc/fstab is not read yet so it defaults to ext2. SuSE kernel comes with ext3 compiled as module complicating the setup slightly. Ok to solve things: 1. Make sure you got latest aaa_base package. 2. Run mk_initrd after specifying the correct modules: mail:~ # cat /etc/rc.config | grep INITRD_ INITRD_MODULES="jbd ext3" mail:~ # mk_initrd . . . 3. To all grub users as me: mail:~ # cat /boot/grub/menu.lst default 0 timeout 30 title SuSE Linux 7.3 - 2.4.10-4GB kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1 initrd = /boot/initrd The initrd file has to be specified such that it can use the ext3 module upon boot for /dev/root. Without that line it will default to ext2 most likely. After this fix my system setup looks fixed: mail:~ # cat /proc/mounts /dev/root / ext3 rw 0 0 proc /proc proc rw 0 0 devpts /dev/pts devpts rw 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /usr/local/ftp/pub ext2 rw 0 0 shmfs /dev/shm shm rw 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /data ext2 rw 0 0 192.168.1.1:/home /home nfs rw,v2,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,hard,udp,lock,addr=192.168.1.1 0 0 mk _________________________________________________________________ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com