On Tuesday 10 October 2006 00:19, Andrea Ganduglia wrote: > > > Doh, you'd need 2.6.15 (at least) > > > > But I have kernel 2.6.8 ! > > Ok, you have right 2.6.15 (is not 2.6.1.5 and) is > 2.6.8 :-( I'm > calling HOLIDAYS! > > Now I'm trying with Knoppix. Thx. If smartctl doesn't show any errors, it might be worth trying an more recent kernel, eg from backports.org. Its possible that that its a driver bug that has already been fixed. HTH Andrew V.