Doug, > If these types of disks (ones that can fast format between 512 and > 4096 bytes) are not out in the field yet, they soon will be. This > problem requires a hard reboot (i.e. hold you finger on the power > button for 5-10 seconds). Sad .... Do we get a notification from the drive that inquiry data has changed once the format is complete? -- Martin K. Petersen Oracle Linux Engineering