System Info: Computer: Dell Dimension (Shipped with RH 6.0 Factory Installed) Red Hat Hardware Clasification: Tier 2 or Better ____________________________________________________________________ Hi: After installing Mandrake 7.0, I got the following warning from hdparm: [root@localhost planck]# hdparm -i /dev/hda /dev/hda: Model=WDC WD204BA, FwRev=16.13M16, SerialNo=WD-WMA071003891 Config={ HardSect NotMFM HdSw>15uSec SpinMotCtl Fixed DTR>5Mbs FmtGapReq } RawCHS=16383/16/63, TrkSize=57600, SectSize=600, ECCbytes=40 BuffType=3(DualPortCache), BuffSize=2048kB, MaxMultSect=16, MultSect=off DblWordIO=no, maxPIO=2(fast), DMA=yes, maxDMA=0(slow) CurCHS=16383/16/63, CurSects=16514064, LBA=yes, LBAsects=39876480 WARNING 23362416 ORPHANED SECTORS :: KERNEL REPORTING ERROR tDMA={min:120,rec:120}, DMA modes: mword0 mword1 mword2 IORDY=on/off, tPIO={min:120,w/IORDY:120}, PIO modes: mode3 mode4 UDMA modes: mode0 mode1 *mode2 mode3 mode4 Drive Supports : ATA-1 ATA-2 ATA-3 ATA-4 [root@localhost planck]# The annoying part is this: WARNING 23362416 ORPHANED SECTORS :: KERNEL REPORTING ERROR My computer seems to run fine; there are no crashes and the programs work OK. I did a standard install. What's going on here?