>> am now running the new, improved >> 'cp /dev/zero'.... >> > done. 'current_pending' reduced to 1. > trying a long test... done. still showing the 'read failure', on the same block, with 90% unchecked... i'll try to work out something to check bad dir files... charles zeitler -- Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole of The Law -Aleister Crowley