Hi, After a new instaloation SuSE 7.3 from CDs I've got the following at the boot time : " Configured serial ports doneRunning /etc/init.d/boot.local donehdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } Creating /var/log/boot.msg hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } donehdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error } hdc: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } Disabling IP forwarding doneINIT: Entering runlevel: 3 " And on the console : " Jan 2 08:17:12 grey kernel: hdc: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekJan 2 08:17:12 grey kernel: hdc: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusErrorJan 2 08:17:12 grey kernel: hdd: DMA disabled Jan 2 08:17:12 grey kernel: ide1: reset: success " Is this the end of the HD ? Best Regards Julo.