After finishing the update I ran yum clean and then rebooted the server. On startup the following were logged: Jan 7 16:43:39 inet07 kernel: EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly file system. Jan 7 16:43:39 inet07 kernel: EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during reco very. Jan 7 16:43:39 inet07 kernel: kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds Jan 7 16:43:39 inet07 kernel: EXT3-fs: dm-0: orphan cleanup on readonly fs Jan 7 16:43:40 inet07 kernel: EXT3-fs: dm-0: 1 orphan inode deleted Jan 7 16:43:40 inet07 kernel: EXT3-fs: recovery complete. Jan 7 16:43:40 inet07 kernel: EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mod e. I would appreciate it very much if somebody could enlighten me as to what happened and why. Is this indicative of a hardware failure? Regards, -- *** E-Mail is NOT a SECURE channel *** James B. Byrne mailto:ByrneJB at Harte-Lyne.ca Harte & Lyne Limited http://www.harte-lyne.ca 9 Brockley Drive vox: +1 905 561 1241 Hamilton, Ontario fax: +1 905 561 0757 Canada L8E 3C3