If this helps, this is the error message I got when reboot after fdisk. Both hde and d0 are gone now? $ fdisk /dev/hde Unable to read /dev/hde $ fdisk /dev/ataraid/d0 Unable to open /dev/ataraid/d0 ====================== hub.c: 2 ports detected usb-uhci.c: v1.275:USB Universal Host Controller Interface driver hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hde: dma_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=156328503, sector=156328 440 hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hde: dma_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=156328503, sector=156328 440 hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hde: dma_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=156328503, sector=156328 440 hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hde: dma_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound }, LBAsect=156328503, sector=156328 440 hde: DMA disabled PDC202XX: Primary channel reset. ide2: reset: master: error (0x00?) hde: read_intr: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest Error } __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Mother's Day is May 12th! http://shopping.yahoo.com