My minimal FC7 box has 125M ram, 20G hard drive, 400 MHZ. I have been successfully using it for a web server. Recently it has been generating a huge number of: attempt to access beyond end of device Below are some messages produced on a reboot showing the problems. I note that df shows no sda2. After suggestions on a previous thread, I ran memory and disk tests, and found no problems. Thanks for your assistance. Mike. -- Feb 25 16:39:54 mbrc20 kernel: sda: sda1 sda2 Feb 25 16:39:54 mbrc20 kernel: sda: p2 exceeds device capacity Feb 25 16:39:54 mbrc20 kernel: sd 0:0:0:0: [sda] Attached SCSI disk Feb 25 16:39:54 mbrc20 kernel: scsi 0:0:1:0: Direct-Access IOMEGA ZIP 100 14.A PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 Feb 25 16:39:54 mbrc20 kernel: sd 0:0:1:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk Feb 25 16:39:54 mbrc20 kernel: scsi 1:0:0:0: CD-ROM PLEXTOR CD-R PX-W2410A 1.02 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 Feb 25 16:39:54 mbrc20 kernel: scsi 1:0:1:0: CD-ROM NEC CD-ROM DRIVE:28D 3.04 PQ: 0 ANSI: 5 Feb 25 16:39:54 mbrc20 kernel: device-mapper: ioctl: 4.11.0-ioctl (2006-10-12) initialised: dm-devel@xxxxxxxxxx Feb 25 16:39:54 mbrc20 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Feb 25 16:39:54 mbrc20 kernel: sda: rw=0, want=40017743, limit=39062500 Feb 25 16:39:54 mbrc20 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Feb 25 16:39:54 mbrc20 kernel: sda: rw=0, want=40017743, limit=39062500 Feb 25 16:39:54 mbrc20 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Feb 25 16:39:54 mbrc20 kernel: sda: rw=0, want=39923925, limit=39062500 Feb 25 16:39:54 mbrc20 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device dm-1, logical block 131056 Feb 25 16:39:54 mbrc20 kernel: attempt to access beyond end of device Feb 25 16:39:54 mbrc20 kernel: sda: rw=0, want=39923925, limit=39062500 Feb 25 16:39:54 mbrc20 kernel: Buffer I/O error on device dm-1, logical block 131056