| > b) 
| >  timeout waiting dor DRQ st=0x50 err=0x00  
| >  device timeout writing fsbn retrying 
| >  soft error (corrected)
| 
| Is it after your drive has spun down ? If so it's harmless.

Err, if harmless, the message should be a bit clearer and should documented
somewhere indicating its harmlessness...

--jhawk