No, ext3 did also have the .journal file, unless something has changed since I did it. I know, because I deleted at least one when trying to go back to ext2. You should have a .journal on any partition where you ran tune2fs to get the ext3 system, unless you chose to put the journal on an external device, and I imagine you'd know if you had chosen to do this. Also, if you are changing to ext3 or changing back, don't forget that you have to also change /etc/fstab accordingly. -- Cheryl
