Would the following be symptoms of hardware problems or just a corrupt fs? Will fsck tonight when a new power supply is going into the machine. Kernel: 2.4.17 Drive: Maxtor D740X-6L 80GB connected via HPT366 Feb 25 21:26:33 viper kernel: hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Feb 25 21:26:33 viper kernel: hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=96469063, sector=96469000 Feb 25 21:26:33 viper kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 21:01 (hde), sector 96469000 Feb 25 21:26:33 viper kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide2(33,1)): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 368, inode_bitmap = 12058625 Feb 25 21:26:33 viper kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide2(33,1)) in ext3_new_inode: IO failure Feb 25 21:26:52 viper kernel: hde: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Feb 25 21:26:52 viper kernel: hde: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, LBAsect=128974919, sector=128974856 Feb 25 21:26:52 viper kernel: end_request: I/O error, dev 21:01 (hde), sector 128974856 Feb 25 21:26:52 viper kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide2(33,1)): read_inode_bitmap: Cannot read inode bitmap - block_group = 492, inode_bitmap = 16121857 Feb 25 21:26:52 viper kernel: EXT3-fs error (device ide2(33,1)) in ext3_new_inode: IO failure -- ===================================================================== Mohammad A. Haque http://www.haque.net/ mhaque@haque.net "Alcohol and calculus don't mix. Developer/Project Lead Don't drink and derive." --Unknown http://www.themes.org/ batmanppc@themes.org =====================================================================