Hi All, I had to reboot a machine as I lost the ssh connectivity to it. I could ping to it though. On rebooting, the dmesg buffer showed the following messsage hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, CHS=7520/0/155, sector=1820440 end_request: I/O error, dev 16:02 (hdc), sector 1820440 hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, CHS=7576/0/183, sector=1834800 end_request: I/O error, dev 16:02 (hdc), sector 1834800 hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: dma_intr: error=0x40 { UncorrectableError }, CHS=7520/0/155, sector=1820440 end_request: I/O error, dev 16:02 (hdc), sector 1820440 Does this mean there is a hardware problem with the disk. The machine was running for about 250days. I am using IBM Travelstar hard disk. The machine is located in an NEMA box with maybe poor air circulation. Thanks! Rahul _______________________________________________ Ext3-users@redhat.com https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/ext3-users