Hello all :)) Is there any problem on moving the /.journal file (even renaming it) so it doesn't lives on the root? I mean, maintaining its inode number, of course ;)) Anyway, ext3 shouldn't (just an idea) show the journal as a normal file. It may add some load on the kernel, because the inode number should be compared with that of the journal every time a file is accessed, but it's just a suggestion ;)) And, BTW, ext3 works *really* great :)))) Raśl