I had similar problems when I started fiddling with the DMA setting in YAST. With DMA mode set to a simple 'on' I have no problems, however, if I pick a specific mode, even one well below the fastest mode supported by the drives, I start having major stability problems. Both YAST and hdparm report the disks using their top supported mode with a simple DMA 'on' setting. (I'm using openSUSE 10.0 and 10.2) David. _______________________________________________ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org