Hi, today i realised that tune2fs is able to change the uuid of the journal (partition/fs?) so i was able to fsck the volume and i am looking forward to get it back online within the day. Thouh i am still unclear about the semantics of the 'force' flag of tune2fs. Any hints? greets Felix Resch _______________________________________________ Ext3-users mailing list Ext3-users@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users