On Tue, 2006-11-28 at 11:05 -0800, Vasudevan, Geetha wrote: > I am not sure of the possible reasons that could have created the IO > errors in the first place. Any clue anyone? A failing hard drive, as others have mentioned, is the most obvious. Though a crappy data cable to the drive is another possibility. -- (Currently testing FC5, but still running FC4, if that's important.) Don't send private replies to my address, the mailbox is ignored. I read messages from the public lists.