>You should be able to check the boot logs to see if the >file systems were mounted cleanly or if they had to have >their journals checked. I see this in messages: Aug 14 12:36:05 xen kernel: EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem. Aug 14 12:36:05 xen kernel: EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during recovery. Aug 14 12:36:05 xen kernel: EXT3-fs: recovery complete. Aug 14 12:36:05 xen kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Aug 14 12:36:05 xen kernel: EXT3 FS on dm-0, internal journal Aug 14 12:36:05 xen kernel: EXT3 FS on sda1, internal journal Aug 14 12:36:05 xen kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. Doesn't look good, but I wish I could get a definitive answer... Thanks! jlc