Hi, Alan Cox: > > Samsung SP2004C, firmware version unknown -- how do I find out? > > Its in the identify data, however I'm not aware of any problem Samsung > drives in reports so far. Looks like a hardware problem. After a hard powerdown got it recognizable again, it now manages to have a read speed of 1/2 MB/sec -- as opposed to its three brethren which are approx. 111 times faster. -- Matthias Urlichs | {M:U} IT Design @ m-u-it.de | smurf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx Disclaimer: The quote was selected randomly. Really. | http://smurf.noris.de - - Brisk talkers are usually slow thinkers. There is, indeed, no wild beast more to be dreaded than a communicative man having nothing to communicate. If you are civil to the voluble, they will abuse your patience; if brusque, your character. -- Jonathan Swift - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-ide" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html