>>>>> "Ted" == Theodore Ts'o <tytso@mit.edu> writes: Ted> If you're seeing that many errors, run, don't walk to the nearest Ted> computer store ... Yes, I know all that. There are however extenuating circumstances. That was the first time there were read errors of that sort; the usual problem is that the disk stops responding entirely after a variable uptime usu between 20 and 50 hours. It also has some spin up problems. Ted> The other problem is that you're using an old e2fsprogs, which That was just what was on the only rescue disk I had handy. I do keep an up to date pull of the bk tree on hand, but w/ only the notebook to work on that provided me little benefit. -JimC