I had a similar problem. There was a pattern to the changes; one bit was being set (I think it was bit 5) occasionally. It gradually became more frequent, and turned out to be a faulty IDE controller card. Needless to say, I had thought that it was the connector/s, the cable, or the drive, in that order. -- Tim Jackson ------------------------------------------------------------------------ please reply to: t i m . j @ f u n b o x . d e m o n . c o . u k ======================================================================== To Unsubscribe: send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message