http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/messages-gx280-esata.txt (32bit 12.1 kernel-desktop-3.1.9) http://fm.no-ip.com/Tmp/Linux/messages-gx620-esata.txt (32bit 12.1 kernel-desktop-3.1.9) Is there anything in these /var/log/messages excerpts from two different hosts that can identify which (external) sata device is connected with the reported errors? I don't see any connection between that information and the content of /dev/disk/[by-path,by-id]. Is there a way to tell if a kernel bug or a device is the problem? These errors show up in conjunction with various degrees of I/O delay, sometimes as bad as several minutes of inability to get bash to respond to keyboard input. The most recent time some commands would result in a simple segfaulted. Others would produce bash: input/output error. Ctrl-Alt-Del failed to reboot, as did init 6 (input/output error), forcing me to use power switch and wait a seeming eternity for fsck on 1TB+ partitions to complete. I've run the Seagate thorough diagnostics on the drives, 100% error free. The suspect device is http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16817173042 but I want to provide Rosewill tech support hard evidence of the incompetence of the device if I can be sure it is exclusively responsible for the errors. I bought 5 of them and never had trouble. Only with #6, the only version 2 of the model I have, has there been a problem. The #6 I have now is actually the 3rd replacement of the original #6 purchased last September. -- "The wise are known for their understanding, and pleasant words are persuasive." Proverbs 16:21 (New Living Translation) Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 ** a11y rocks! Felix Miata *** http://fm.no-ip.com/ -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse-kernel+owner@opensuse.org