One more bit of information: this was a bit of info from tail /var/log/kern.log Mar 11 04:42:11 A1 kernel: Mar 11 04:42:11 A1 kernel: hdg: drive not ready for command Mar 11 04:42:11 A1 kernel: raid1: hdg1: rescheduling sector 215908496 Mar 11 04:42:11 A1 kernel: raid1: hdg1: redirecting sector 215908496 to anotherr Mar 11 04:42:11 A1 kernel: hdg: status error: status=0x58 { DriveReady SeekComp} Mar 11 04:42:11 A1 kernel: Mar 11 04:42:11 A1 kernel: hdg: drive not ready for command Mar 11 04:42:11 A1 kernel: raid1: hdg1: rescheduling sector 215908496 Mar 11 04:42:11 A1 kernel: raid1: hdg1: redirecting sector 215908496 to but that all was from Mar11 and today is Mar13.... thanks Mitchell - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-raid" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html