hello.one thing i forgot.there are 24 hard disk drives in two scsi channels made into 3 RAID 5 logical drives on my machine.each consists of 8 drives. is the way of making the logical drive a maybe factor of the problem?help is in need greatly. regards james _______________________________________________ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list