>no change with smartctl: >tom1:/usr/src/sm5/debug# ./smartctl -a -r ioctl,2 -T verypermissive /dev/sda Shouldn't there be a "-d ata" flag on those smartctl commands? - : send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html