hi i dont know if this is the right list to post this to.. i saw this in my syslog the other day.. what does all this mean? Jul 11 21:45:14 mordor kernel: hdc: packet command error: status=0x51 DriveReady SeekComplete Error } Jul 11 21:45:14 mordor kernel: hdc: packet command error: error=0x00 Jul 11 21:47:44 mordor kernel: ATAPI device hdc: Jul 11 21:47:44 mordor kernel: Unknown Error Type: Medium error -- (Sense key=0x03) Jul 11 21:47:44 mordor kernel: (reserved error code) -- (asc=0x00, ascq=0x00) Jul 11 21:47:44 mordor kernel: The failed "Read Table of Contents" packet command was: Jul 11 21:47:44 mordor kernel: "43 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 " Jul 11 21:47:44 mordor kernel: ATAPI device hdc: Jul 11 21:47:44 mordor kernel: Unknown Error Type: Unit attention -- (Sense key=0x06) Jul 11 21:47:44 mordor kernel: (reserved error code) -- (asc=0x2e, ascq=0x14) Jul 11 21:47:44 mordor kernel: The failed "Read Table of Contents" packet command was: Jul 11 21:47:44 mordor kernel: "43 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 " Jul 11 21:47:45 mordor kernel: ATAPI device hdc: Jul 11 21:47:45 mordor kernel: Unknown Error Type: Medium error -- (Sense key=0x03) Jul 11 21:47:45 mordor kernel: (reserved error code) -- (asc=0x00, ascq=0x00) Jul 11 21:47:45 mordor kernel: The failed "Read Table of Contents" packet command was: Jul 11 21:47:45 mordor kernel: "43 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 " Jul 11 21:47:45 mordor kernel: ATAPI device hdc: Jul 11 21:47:45 mordor kernel: Unknown Error Type: Unit attention -- (Sense key=0x06) Jul 11 21:47:45 mordor kernel: (reserved error code) -- (asc=0x2e, ascq=0x14) Jul 11 21:47:45 mordor kernel: The failed "Read Table of Contents" packet command was: Jul 11 21:47:45 mordor kernel: "43 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 04 00 00 00 " the machine didnt crash or anything... hdc is one of my cdrom drives. i am assuming that someone was listening to a cd and then simply ejected it, but i am very uncertain about this conclusion.. can someone shed more light onto it? thanks! max - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-net" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu