>> So, it looks like the problem started with the hang. If there were any >> additional details/messages related to the hang, it would be really >> helpful. A hardware profile would also be good. Here is a log of the crash as it occurred (it was gftp trying to write to the drive) It is a seagate 15Gb 7200 ATA66 drive on a Soltek 65KV motherboard with a PIII733/133. Anything else? Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual address 00000008 Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: printing eip: Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: c88124ab Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: *pde = 00000000 Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: Oops: 0000 Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: CPU: 0 Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: EIP: 0010:[af_packet:__insmod_af_packet_O/lib/modules/2.4.2-17mdk/kernel/ne t/pac+-2640725/96] Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: EIP: 0010:[<c88124ab>] Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246 Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: eax: 00001000 ebx: 00000000 ecx: 0000000f edx: 00000000 Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: esi: c28d9018 edi: c7f09680 ebp: c3b97318 esp: c24359e8 Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: Process gftp (pid: 10368, stackpage=c2435000) Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: Stack: c28d9018 00001000 00000001 00000021 00000001 c7f09680 c28d9018 000001d4 Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: 00000021 c0ac73c0 c88130f7 c2435a88 c7f09680 00000001 000000f8 c2435a88 Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: 000000f8 00000001 c2435a78 c8813340 c2435a88 c7f09680 00000001 00000001 Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: Call Trace: [af_packet:__insmod_af_packet_O/lib/modules/2.4.2-17mdk/kernel/net/pac +-2637577/96] [af_packet:__insmod_af_packet_O/lib/modules/2.4.2-17mdk/kernel/net/pac +-2636992/96] [af_packet:__insmod_af_packet_O/lib/modules/2.4.2-17mdk/kernel/net/pac +-2636797/96] [af_packet:__insmod_af_packet_O/lib/modules/2.4.2-17mdk/kernel/net/pac +-2705183/96] [handle_IRQ_event+49/92] [<ffff0000>] [bread+26/112] Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: Call Trace: [<c88130f7>] [<c8813340>] [<c8813403>] [<c88028e1>] [<c010a1bd>] [<ffff0000>] [<c0132b0e>] Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: [af_packet:__insmod_af_packet_O/lib/modules/2.4.2-17mdk/kernel/net/pac +-2605653/96] [af_packet:__insmod_af_packet_O/lib/modules/2.4.2-17mdk/kernel/net/pac +-2657719/96] [af_packet:__insmod_af_packet_O/lib/modules/2.4.2-17mdk/kernel/net/pac +-2699398/96] [af_packet:__insmod_af_packet_O/lib/modules/2.4.2-17mdk/kernel/net/pac +-2656561/96] [supermount:__insmod_supermount_S.bss_L1024+516232/301097] [af_packet:__insmod_af_packet_O/lib/modules/2.4.2-17mdk/kernel/net/pac +-2611044/96] [af_packet:__insmod_af_packet_O/lib/modules/2.4.2-17mdk/kernel/net/pac +-2676673/96] [tcp_rcv_established+853/1884] Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: [<c881adab>] [<c880e249>] [<c8803f7a>] [<c880e6cf>] [<c8ad1508>] [<c881989c>] [<c880983f>] [<c01d1249>] Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: [af_packet:__insmod_af_packet_O/lib/modules/2.4.2-17mdk/kernel/net/pac +-2694726/96] [af_packet:__insmod_af_packet_O/lib/modules/2.4.2-17mdk/kernel/net/pac +-2575668/96] [af_packet:__insmod_af_packet_O/lib/modules/2.4.2-17mdk/kernel/net/pac +-2575675/96] [vfs_create+205/252] [open_namei+332/1632] [filp_open+48/80] [<f22a0a7c>] [sys_open+56/180] Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: [<c88051ba>] [<c88222cc>] [<c88222c5>] [<c013bb11>] [<c013bc8c>] [<c01305ec>] [<f22a0a7c>] [<c013091c>] Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: [system_call+51/64] Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: [<c0108f73>] Mar 21 09:55:42 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: Mar 21 09:58:15 CPE-203-45-29-25 kernel: SysRq: Keyboard mode set to XLATE __________________________________________________________________ Get your free Australian email account at http://www.start.com.au