Your first message was sent to the list, no need to send it twice unless you like annoying people. 2) Set the drive you want to run sfdisk on as a failed drive in your raidtab file. Consult the Software RAID howto. 3) I'd surf over to Maxtor.com and grab their drive diagnostic software to verify the status of your dirves. 4) Drive failure happens, that's why you're running a RAID configuration right? Do you have a surge supressor or even better a power conditioning UPS on there? -- Andrew S. Zbikowski | http://andy.zibnet.us A password is like your underwear; Change it frequently, don't share it with others, and don't ask to borrow someone else's.