Media error is a flag raised directly by the drive. The kernel can't invent it. Your drive reported an error, with data ready, the error was uncorrectable. The smart data from the drive will provide further information on why the drive logged an error and the nature of the error. Alan -- fedora-list mailing list fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Communicate/MailingListGuidelines