I got the following error message during the boot process: EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock mount:error 22 mounting ext3 flags Freeing unused kernel memory: 260k freed Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing init = option to kernel I was using RedHat 7.3 when this problem appeared. My machine is a ThinkPad R30 Intel Celeron 900 MHz. I used "linux rescue", to get access to my hard drive data. I changed ext3 tags to ext2 in my /etc/fstab file but it didn't work. I installed RedHat 8.0 but I was still receiving the same error message even if I formatted the / partition during the installation process. Formatting the / partition with the ext2 filesystem allowed me to get through the boot process without error. Is there a bug with the ext3 filesystem? _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users