Hi Jeff Following up on my previous reply: > Also, please try the latest 2.6.34-rc kernel, as that has several fixes > for both pata_via and sata_via which did not make 2.6.33. I was able to try this on the machine just before I left. Unfortunately 2.6.34-rc3 does not fix the problem - it behaves exactly like 2.6.33. In terms of error messages, there is nothing more displayed beyond that which I reported in the initial email except for this: SStatus 113, SControl 300 As far as I can tell, that (plus the previously reported details) is all that's printed by the kernel in connection with the failure. I'll look into the alternative console methods to see if I can capture a full output from the failing kernel. However, it will be at least two weeks before I can do this because that's the earliest I'll be physically back at the machine for an extended period of time (I could probably run quick tests sooner). Regards jonathan -- 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