JohnnyFulcrum wrote: >> >>> any thoughts on these errors? >> >> methinks you have a hard drive failure. >> > Are there any linux related causes of possible failure - i.e. wrong type > of filesystem - hdparms (I didn't play with the hdparms settings > though...)??? > well, it could be any number of things. In my experience, hard drives do fail. especially when subjected to any of the following: overclocking overheating inadiquate grounding power fluctuations dirty environment time (duh) I kind of doubt it was your filesystem unless it is really experimental or otherwise had some goofy options set. You might want to take a look at your kernel configuration and your fstab file just to make sure. As was already stated in this thread, you should run some diagnostics on your hard drive (probably in another machine, on a known good controller) to make sure that it is, indeed the drive. In addition to open source diagnostics, the drive manufacturer probably has a dos-type utility on their site that you can download. LB _______________________________________________ TCLUG Mailing List - Minneapolis/St. Paul, Minnesota http://www.mn-linux.org tclug-list at mn-linux.org https://mailman.real-time.com/mailman/listinfo/tclug-list