In article <4BC18668-2EB5-431A-AECD-5F6B15377686@xxxxxxxxxx>, John Ballance <jwb@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Quick and simple answer .. Part of the startup process is to talk to > the drives using simple programmed i/o to see what is there.. My best > suggestion of what you saw was that the diagnostics reply wasn't as > expected, or didn't complete, thus hanging the io bus. Thanks John. After all, drive 5 was making some horrible noises. I'm not surprised it caused confusion. Now I think I should make one of those movies where a hard drive is dropped from a great height onto concrete... -- Tim Hill Ba ................................................... tjrh.eu --- To alter your preferences or leave the group, visit //www.freelists.org/list/iyonix-support Other info via //www.freelists.org/webpage/iyonix-support List-related queries to iyonix-support-moderators@xxxxxxxxxxxxx