>> there any way tp persuade Centos-6 to use an ext3 root partition? > > Seems not, so - sadly - have crossed Centos off my list. Did the installer try to install /boot in the same partition as / ? CentOS6/SL6 does support ext4 as a root device (My webserver is currently doing so) but I still keep /boot as ext3. -- Drew "Nothing in life is to be feared. It is only to be understood." --Marie Curie