Hello, The message is very weird: black91:~ # dmesg | grep eiser reiserfs: checking transaction log (device 09:00) ... reiserfs: replayed 10 transactions in 1 seconds reiserfs: using 3.5.x disk format ReiserFS version 3.6.25 VFS: Mounted root (reiserfs filesystem) readonly. reiserfs: checking transaction log (device 08:01) ... reiserfs: using 3.5.x disk format ReiserFS version 3.6.25 reiserfs: checking transaction log (device 08:11) ... reiserfs: using 3.5.x disk format ReiserFS version 3.6.25 reiserfs: checking transaction log (device 08:21) ... reiserfs: using 3.5.x disk format ReiserFS version 3.6.25 black91:~ # uname -a Linux black91 2.4.13 #2 SMP Fri Nov 9 15:21:29 CST 2001 i686 unknown black91:~ # What does it mean? BTW, I got some md wanring message but have no idea about this, idea? md: fdisk(pid 18976) used obsolete MD ioctl, upgrade your software to use new ictls. md: fdisk(pid 18992) used obsolete MD ioctl, upgrade your software to use new ictls. md: fdisk(pid 19073) used obsolete MD ioctl, upgrade your software to use new ictls. md: fdisk(pid 19089) used obsolete MD ioctl, upgrade your software to use new ictls. md: fdisk(pid 19153) used obsolete MD ioctl, upgrade your software to use new ictls. md: fdisk(pid 19169) used obsolete MD ioctl, upgrade your software to use new ictls. -- Patrick Hsieh <pahud@pahud.net> GPG public key http://pahud.net/pubkeys/pahudatpahud.gpg