Kernel errors have dropped significantly (only 2 during the day today). No errors in copying files. Thanks for all the help. I really do appreciate it. Shane >I verified that Windows XP only allows a max of 10 connections as set by >Microsoft. This machine already has 5 connections from the 5 pieces of >equipment here, so I'm left with 5. For this reason I set >cifs_max_pending=4 >to stay on the safe side. That was at 9:30 this morning and have not had >an >error since. I'll check again on Monday and give you an update. -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-cifs" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html