The message disappeared after fsck, sorry for the false report. # fsck.ext3 linux_image e2fsck 1.37 (21-Mar-2005) linux_image: recovering journal linux_image contains a file system with errors, check forced. Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes Inode 150820, i_size is 2233, should be 24576. Fix<y>? yes Pass 2: Checking directory structure Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity Pass 4: Checking reference counts Pass 5: Checking group summary information Block bitmap differences: -(318009--318014) +(318015--318020) Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong for group #25 (5709, counted=5710). Fix<y>? yes Free blocks count wrong (559653, counted=559654). Fix<y>? yes Free inodes count wrong for group #25 (15402, counted=15403). Fix<y>? yes Free inodes count wrong (378646, counted=378647). Fix<y>? yes linux_image: ***** FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED ***** linux_image: 82569/461216 files (0.1% non-contiguous), 362202/921856 blocks Original boot message: [ 4.442301] md: Autodetecting RAID arrays. [ 4.442791] md: autorun ... [ 4.442995] md: ... autorun DONE. [ 4.451849] EXT3-fs: INFO: recovery required on readonly filesystem. [ 4.452308] EXT3-fs: write access will be enabled during recovery. [ 5.496435] kjournald starting. Commit interval 5 seconds [ 5.497188] EXT3-fs warning (device hda): ext3_clear_journal_err: Filesystem error recorded from previous mount: IO failure [ 5.498131] EXT3-fs warning (device hda): ext3_clear_journal_err: Marking fs in need of filesystem check. [ 5.499882] EXT3-fs: recovery complete. [ 5.501425] EXT3-fs: mounted filesystem with ordered data mode. [ 5.502742] VFS: Mounted root (ext3 filesystem) readonly. [ 5.516344] Freeing unused kernel memory: 216k freed [ 6.424872] EXT3-fs warning: mounting fs with errors, running e2fsck is recommended [ 6.427093] EXT3 FS on hda, internal journal Linux version 2.6.15-rc5 (root@Server) (gcc version 3.3.5 (Debian 1:3.3.5-13)) #3 SMP Sat Dec 10 19:52:13 CST 2005 QEMU Linux test distribution (based on Redhat 9) Type 'exit' to halt the system _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users