Hi System: Dell PowerEdge Dual Processor O/S: Redhat 7.3 + most patches Kernel: RH compiled 2.4.18-19.7.xsmp Not sure whether this is an ext3 problem or not, but I've not seen this on other RH systems. There is a particular file on an ext3 filesystem that hangs whichever process tries to access it, i.e. an attempt to cp it will hang the cp. the process is unkillable, and a reboot is the only way of getting rid of it. Is it possible that the file system is corrupted? If so how to get rid of it? e2fsck -f finds nothing wrong. Andy ideas? TIA -- Tony Scholes SARL Emblard _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users