Sep 13 12:18:56 sfe fsck: /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol00 is mounted. Sep 13 12:18:56 sfe fsck: e2fsck: Cannot continue, aborting. Sep 13 12:18:56 sfe rc.sysinit: Checking root filesystem failed I had updated the box a few days ago but I had not rebooted with the new kernel. After the reboot, I get the root filesystem is not marked clean message and also that it was not mounted read-only. I supplied the root password, remounted read-only, did the obligatory fsck and hit ctrl-D. Guess what? I get the same message! In addition, there were no error messages during the fsck to boot. Anyone else encounter this?