From: "Bryan O'Neal" > So I was thinking I would just run a quick fsck and see what turned > up. I can get into single user mode no problem, but I cannot [umount] > the main partition? It's pretty much impossible to umount / while the system is running, for reasons which should be obvious. > umount /dev/VolGroup00/LogVol100 -f I Think You Meant "mount / -o remount,ro" from single-user. That'll remount / read-only, at which point you can fsck it. (And which bonehead at Redhat decided to name VGs and LVs using numbers and camelcase? Use lowercase and short descriptive names; that makes things much easier when you have to do maintenance.) > And yes the drive is encrypted using the red hat / fedora standard > encryption. When whole-disk encryption goes wrong, it's a total PITA to fix AFAICT. I'd put the really sensitive data somewhere like /home or /data , and just encrypt that partition or LV. That way, when it all goes pear-shaped, you have a better chance of the stuff in /, /usr, and so forth still being usable. But I don't need "complete paranoiac"-level security for most of my stuff.... -- Matt G / Dances With Crows The Crow202 Blog: http://crow202.org/wordpress/ There is no Darkness in Eternity/But only Light too dim for us to see --------------------------------------------------- PLUG-discuss mailing list - PLUG-discuss@lists.plug.phoenix.az.us To subscribe, unsubscribe, or to change your mail settings: http://lists.PLUG.phoenix.az.us/mailman/listinfo/plug-discuss