On Sun December 4 2005 10:10 pm, Les Mikesell wrote: > > Hit ctl-alt-F1 and try a text mode login. Maybe you will get a > meaningful error message. Maybe it's the owner/permissions > on the /home mount point. > Bingo! I tried the text login and got "directory /home/cj does not exist" or words to that effect. To recap - I've tried all the suggestions. I redid the copy using Craig's suggested "cp -av" I did try to do the ls commands, but kept getting an error about an unexpected extra operator ">" After failing to log in from the text console, I returned to the login screen and logged in as root. I checked for /home and /home/cj, and they were there, mounted to sda1 - all my files appear to be there. The files are inside /home, not in the root of that mount Apparently, my system is looking in the wrong place for my /home/cj folder when I try to log in from the login screen... -- Claude Jones Bluemont, VA, USA