Ron Blizzard wrote: 1 > Jul 1 03:54:26 localhost hald[2450]: forcibly attempting to lazy > unmount /dev/sda1 as enclosing drive was disc That indicates that you unplugged the drive without first unmounting it, which is very likely to cause exactly the problem you are seeing. -- Bob Nichols "NOSPAM" is really part of my email address. Do NOT delete it.