I've just put an ATA drive in a USB einclosure and connected it up, and it is found as sdb1,2,3 and is perfectly accessible. However, every 3 or 4 seconds there is a message in /var/log/messages as follows (two to serve as an example). When I am using AmaroK to play music off this drive, the messages stop, but start again as soon as AmaroK stops playing (or is not running). Sep 13 11:05:43 babylon hal.hotplug[6072]: DEVPATH is not set Sep 13 11:05:43 babylon kernel: ReiserFS: sdb3: found reiserfs format "3.6" with standard journal Sep 13 11:05:47 babylon kernel: ReiserFS: sdb3: using ordered data mode Sep 13 11:05:47 babylon kernel: reiserfs: using flush barriers Sep 13 11:05:47 babylon kernel: ReiserFS: sdb3: journal params: device sdb3, size 8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024, max batch 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30 Sep 13 11:05:47 babylon kernel: ReiserFS: sdb3: checking transaction log (sdb3) Sep 13 11:05:47 babylon kernel: reiserfs: disabling flush barriers on sdb3 Sep 13 11:05:47 babylon kernel: ReiserFS: sdb3: Using r5 hash to sort names Sep 13 11:05:47 babylon hal.hotplug[6078]: DEVPATH is not set Sep 13 11:05:50 babylon hal.hotplug[6082]: DEVPATH is not set Sep 13 11:05:52 babylon kernel: ReiserFS: sdb3: found reiserfs format "3.6" with standard journal Sep 13 11:05:55 babylon kernel: ReiserFS: sdb3: using ordered data mode Sep 13 11:05:55 babylon kernel: reiserfs: using flush barriers Sep 13 11:05:55 babylon kernel: ReiserFS: sdb3: journal params: device sdb3, size 8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024, max batch 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30 Sep 13 11:05:55 babylon kernel: ReiserFS: sdb3: checking transaction log (sdb3) Sep 13 11:05:55 babylon kernel: reiserfs: disabling flush barriers on sdb3 Sep 13 11:05:55 babylon kernel: ReiserFS: sdb3: Using r5 hash to sort names Sep 13 11:05:55 babylon hal.hotplug[6088]: DEVPATH is not set Does anyone know what might be the reason for this, and (more important) how to prevent it cycling like this? -- Pob hwyl / Best wishes Kevin Donnelly www.kyfieithu.co.uk - Meddalwedd Rhydd yn Gymraeg www.cymrux.org.uk - Linux Cymraeg ar un CD