Geert, > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 FAILED Result: hostbyte=DID_OK driverbyte=DRIVER_OK cmd_age=0s > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 Sense Key : Illegal Request [current] > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 Add. Sense: Invalid field in cdb > sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] tag#0 CDB: Write(10) 2a 08 00 00 00 01 00 00 08 00 > critical target error, dev sda, sector 1 op 0x1:(WRITE) flags 0x20800 phys_seg 1 prio class 0 > Buffer I/O error on dev sda1, logical block 0, lost sync page write Peculiar. That write command looks OK to me. I wonder if it's the FUA bit that trips it? What does: # dmesg | grep FUA say? -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering