ne> ... It sounds to me as if you are not really
  ne> running ext3. 

I'm quite sure it is.
		    
  ne>		    When you machine boots up, does it
  ne> give an error about not finding ext3 and mounting
  ne> it as ext2?

No, never has.

  ne> I may be totally wrong.

  ne> On the other hand, I bet if you deleted that file
  ne> (move it somewhere else, where you can retrieve
  ne> it later) everything will be okay. ...

With all due respect, I think that sounds like a very
bad idea. But thank you for the response.

-- 
Lynn David Newton
Phoenix, AZ