I looked at my /var/log/messages today and noticed this message over and over again: Dec 3 20:45:17 linux kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed. Dec 3 20:45:17 linux kernel: sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 Dec 3 20:45:17 linux kernel: Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready Dec 3 20:45:17 linux kernel: Additional sense indicates Medium not present Dec 3 20:45:17 linux kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. Dec 3 20:45:17 linux kernel: sda: Write Protect is off Dec 3 20:45:17 linux kernel: sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Dec 3 20:45:17 linux kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Dec 3 20:45:17 linux kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 Dec 3 20:45:17 linux kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 2097144 Dec 3 20:45:17 linux kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Dec 3 20:45:17 linux kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Dec 3 20:45:17 linux kernel: unable to read partition table Dec 3 20:45:17 linux kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive. Dec 3 20:45:17 linux kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 The same happens with sdb and sdc. I don't have these in my fstab. I believe the above relates to my 4in1 card reader. Any way to stop this? It repeats over and over again. Thanks, Tom