On Fri, 2006-01-20 at 16:15, James Gagnon wrote: > Thanks for the info... > Yeah the only errors I see in /var/log/messages are: > > smartd[2019]: Device: /dev/hda, 38 Currently unreadable (pending) sectors > smartd[2019]: Device: /dev/hda, 34 Offline uncorrectable sectors > > So obviously there is an issue with some sectors on the hard drive.. just > don't know how much I should worry about it at this time... If the drive is still under warranty you might want to run the smartctl tests or the vendor's diagnostics (might require moving to a windows box). Otherwise just make sure you have a backup of anything critical (good advice in any case). -- Les Mikesell lesmikesell@xxxxxxxxx