On Wed, 2004-02-25 at 06:48, david walcroft wrote: > Is this error saying the disks are dying. > > Feb 24 16:03:50 reddwarf kernel: hdb: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { > DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > > Feb 24 16:03:50 reddwarf kernel: hdb: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { > DriveStatusError } > > Feb 24 16:14:50 reddwarf kernel: hdc: drive_cmd: status=0x51 { > DriveReady SeekComplete Error } > > Feb 24 16:14:50 reddwarf kernel: hdc: drive_cmd: error=0x04 { > DriveStatusError } harmless. 51/04 is the drive saying Eh? in response to the kernel asking if it supports a certain ata command. It's not uncommon to see these with older drives. Dave