I burned a CD, apparently without problem, then tried to run md5sum. Jul 19 21:28:15 dugite kernel: Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0 Jul 19 21:28:15 dugite kernel: sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 16x/16x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray Jul 19 21:32:56 dugite kernel: scsi0: ERROR on channel 0, id 3, lun 0, CDB: Read (10) 00 00 04 5c aa 00 00 08 00 Jul 19 21:32:56 dugite kernel: [valid=0] Info fld=0x45cab, Current sd0b:00: sense key Medium Error Jul 19 21:32:56 dugite kernel: Additional sense indicates No seek complete Jul 19 21:32:56 dugite kernel: I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 1143464 Boot-time messages: scsi0 : Adaptec AIC7XXX EISA/VLB/PCI SCSI HBA DRIVER, Rev 6.1.13 <Adaptec 2940 SCSI adapter> aic7870: Single Channel A, SCSI Id=7, 16/255 SCBs Vendor: FUJITSU Model: M2513A Rev: 1200 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 01 (scsi0:A:0): 10.000MB/s transfers (10.000MHz, offset 10) Vendor: YAMAHA Model: CRW4416S Rev: 1.0e Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 (scsi0:A:3): 8.333MB/s transfers (8.333MHz, offset 15) Vendor: CONNER Model: CTT8000-S Rev: 1.17 Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 (scsi0:A:4): 5.000MB/s transfers (5.000MHz, offset 15) Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 4, lun 0 st: bufsize 32768, wrt 30720, max init. buffers 4, s/g segs 16. Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 SCSI device sda: 310352 2048-byte hdwr sectors (636 MB) sda: Write Protect is off sda: sda1 Kernel version: [root@dugite /root]# uname -a Linux dugite 2.4.5 #7 Sat Jun 9 09:04:18 WST 2001 i586 unknown [root@dugite /root]# cdrecord version: [root@dugite /root]# cdrecord --version Cdrecord 1.8 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling [root@dugite /root]# The question is, "What's wrong?" -- Cheers John Summerfield Microsoft's most solid OS: http://www.geocities.com/rcwoolley/ Note: mail delivered to me is deemed to be intended for me, for my disposition. - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-scsi" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED]