Does this have anything to do with the following? /var/log/messages.3: Apr 25 04:03:04 blkpoohba modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-188 Apr 25 04:03:04 blkpoohba last message repeated 15 times /var/log/messages.2: May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: Linux version 2.4.22-1.2174.nptl (bhcompile@tw eety.devel.redhat.com) (gcc version 3.2.3 20030422 (Red Hat Linux 3.2.3-6)) #1 W ed Feb 18 16:38:32 EST 2004 May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: BIOS-provided physical RAM map: May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000000000 - 000000000009fc0 0 (usable) May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000000009fc00 - 00000000000a000 0 (reserved) May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000000f0000 - 000000000010000 0 (reserved) May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: BIOS-e820: 0000000000100000 - 000000000fff000 0 (usable) May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000000fff0000 - 000000000fff300 0 (ACPI NVS) May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: BIOS-e820: 000000000fff3000 - 000000001000000 0 (ACPI data) May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: BIOS-e820: 00000000ffff0000 - 000000010000000 0 (reserved) May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: 0MB HIGHMEM available. May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: 255MB LOWMEM available. May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: On node 0 totalpages: 65520 May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: zone(0): 4096 pages. May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: zone(1): 61424 pages. May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: zone(2): 0 pages. May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: ACPI: RSDP (v000 AMDVIA ) @ 0x000f6ca0 May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: ACPI: RSDT (v001 AMDVIA AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AW RD 0x00000000) @ 0x0fff3000 May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: ACPI: FADT (v001 AMDVIA AWRDACPI 0x42302e31 AW RD 0x00000000) @ 0x0fff3040 May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: ACPI: DSDT (v001 AMDVIA AWRDACPI 0x00001000 MS FT 0x0100000c) @ 0x00000000 May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=linux ro BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.22-1.2174.nptl hdd=ide-scsi hdf=ide-scsi rhgb root=L ABEL=/1 May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: ide_setup: hdd=ide-scsi May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: ide_setup: hdf=ide-scsi May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: Initializing CPU#0 May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: Detected 1979.962 MHz processor. May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba syslog: klogd startup succeeded May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: Calibrating delay loop... 3945.26 BogoMIPS May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: Memory: 255332k/262080k available (1456k kernel code, 6360k reserved, 1099k data, 136k init, 0k highmem) May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: Dentry cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: Inode cache hash table entries: 16384 (order:5, 131072 bytes) May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba irqbalance: irqbalance startup succeeded May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: Buffer cache hash table entries: 16384 (order: 4, 65536 bytes) May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: Page-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: CPU: CLK_CTL MSR was 6003d223. Reprogramming to 2003d223 May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache64K (64 bytes/line) May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line) May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: Intel machine check architecture supported. May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0. May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ stepping 01 May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done. May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support.. . done. May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: mtrr: v1.40 (20010327) Richard Gooch (rgooch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx) May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: mtrr: detected mtrr type: Intel May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: ACPI: Subsystem revision 20031002 May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: ACPI: Interpreter disabled. May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfb3b0, last bus=1 May 2 13:26:32 blkpoohba kernel: PCI: Using configuration type 1 ... May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: blk: queue c03fe840, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: hdb: DMA disabled May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: ide0: reset: success May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba rc: Starting pcmcia: succeeded May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: Adding Swap: 1052248k swap-space (priority -1) May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: EXT2-fs warning (device ide1(22,1)): ext2_read_super: mounting ext3 filesystem as ext2 May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: EXT2-fs warning (device ide1(22,2)): ext2_read_super: mounting ext3 filesystem as ext2 May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: EXT2-fs warning: mounting unchecked fs, running e2fsck is recommended May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba hcid[3283]: HCI daemon ver 2.3 started May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: SCSI subsystem driver Revision: 1.00 May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: hdd: attached ide-scsi driver. May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: hdf: attached ide-scsi driver. May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: scsi0 : SCSI host adapter emulation for IDE ATAPI devices May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: Vendor: LITE-ON Model: DVD+RW LDW-401S Rev: ES0E May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: Type: CD-ROM A NSI SCSI revision: 02 May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: Vendor: HL-DT-ST Model: RW/DVD GCC-4120B Rev: 2.00 May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: Type: CD-ROM A NSI SCSI revision: 02 May 2 13:26:34 blkpoohba kernel: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [PCSPP,EPP] May 3 19:14:39 blkpoohba su(pam_unix)[23772]: session opened for user root by p oohba(uid=500) May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: <8, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf8) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380668, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf8) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380668, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf8) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380668, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf8) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380668, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf8) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380668, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf8) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380668, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf8) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380668, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf8) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380668, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf8) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf9) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf9) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf9) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf9) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf9) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf9) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf9) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf9) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf9) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf9) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf9) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf9) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf9) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf9) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf9) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cf9) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfa) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfa) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfa) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfa) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfa) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfa) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfa) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfa) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfa) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfa) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfa) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfa) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfa) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfa) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfa) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380669, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfa) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380670, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfb) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380670, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfb) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380670, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfb) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380670, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfb) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380670, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfb) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380670, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfb) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380670, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfb) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380670, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfb) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380670, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfb) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380670, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfb) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380670, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfb) failed May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: 03:41: rw=0, want=1966380670, limit=31744408 May 3 19:35:19 blkpoohba kernel: Directory sread (sector 0xea692cfb) failed ... May 3 21:19:55 blkpoohba kernel: Filesystem panic (dev 03:41). May 3 21:19:55 blkpoohba kernel: FAT error May 3 21:19:55 blkpoohba kernel: Directory 4400210: bad FAT May 3 21:19:55 blkpoohba kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device