Hello, I can generate a very repeatable kernel crash when a bad block on my hard drive is referenced. The crash occurs on a 2.6.29 kernel, but not on a 2.4.30 kernel. It is repeatable (the bad block hasn't changed). :) The crash can occur when referencing the file which had the bad block allocated to it, and when running fsck -C /home -- -c to get that block mapped out. Hardware: Amiga 2000 / 40 MHz GVP 030 Combo Card (with SCSI) 9G SCSI hard disc (hosting /home partition mentioned above) / 16M RAM See attached DMESG with crash info. I booted in to a 2.4.30 kernel, and got the block mapped out, but I'm willing to help test any changes against this configuration. Thanks, --Lance