What suprises me the most, is the fact, that everything worked fine, before I attached this hd to a Win xp box. I was able to read/write with no problem at all. But after attaching it to the Win box and copying some stuff onto the drive, this strange behaviour started. Btw: I booted knoppix just for test purpose: The drive works fine there :-) So, I suppose it's a FC1 issue. bit Am Mittwoch 05 Mai 2004 07:31 schrieb Satish Balay: > I think the USB stuff in the FC1 kernel is buggy. I've had issues with > 2 different external usb enclosures. I guess I should bugzilla > this. There are currently quiet a few usb issues in bugzilla already - > without updates. I've had problems with both usb-2 & usb-1 (perhaps > issues with usb-storage?) > > I'm hoping FC2 would have these issues resolved (I have bugzilla entry > for this one - as I could provide some logs on the bad behavior ) > > Summary of problems I've encountered: > > - bytecc usb-2 enclosure with dvd drive - can't read data after a while > - iogear ion usb-2 enclosure with hdd > - I've had kernel freeze a couple of times > a: insertion of the device after suspend/resume (usb-2) > b: used usb-1 driver for a while - then suspend resume - kenrel freeze. > - I've had iozone benchmark just hang after a while - writing to > the usb drive (this is after reboot - before any suspend/resume > operation) > > This is also with kernel 2.4.22-2188 > > Satish > > On Wed, 5 May 2004, bit wrote: > > Second Add-on: > > > > Sorry, I forgot to mention, which external USB thingie I bought: > > http://www.mapower.com.tw/map-h31.htm > > It has a GENESYS 711/811 chipset. > > > > Am Mittwoch 05 Mai 2004 01:21 schrieb bit: > > > Add on: > > > I _was_ able to read/write, when copying files from my linux box to the > > > hd earlier today. I just tried to copy the files from the hd, that were > > > copied onto it from the WinXP box, and that doesn't work. > > > It starts and only copies about 30 - 40 kb and then hangs as well. > > > Afterwards, the files disappear again. > > > And not only the files copied from WinXp disappear (like stated > > > earlier) but also files, that I copied from my linux box. > > > > > > btw: I'm running 2.4.22-2188 > > > > > > bit > > > > > > Am Mittwoch 05 Mai 2004 00:50 schrieb bit: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > i bought an external USB 2.0 harddrive frame today, which I equipped > > > > with an IBM DTLA 30 GB harddrive I had lying around. > > > > I can mount that drive via my USB 2.0 port - no problem so far. > > > > I can read/write as normal user, since I specified that in /etc/fstab > > > > "/dev/sda1 /mnt/USB vfat uid=xxx,gid=xxx,rw 0 0" > > > > Transfer rates are like I expected them to be. > > > > > > > > The problem starts, when I do anything else, then just writing to the > > > > drive or copying from it. For example, trying to watch an mpeg, which > > > > was copied onto the drive from a Win XP box. > > > > Xine/mplayer simply refuse to start and hang. > > > > After that, the files, that were copied from the Win XP box disapear. > > > > If I then umount the drive and try to remount it, it's not possible > > > > to do so: > > > > > > > > $ mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/USB > > > > Error: no blockoriented device > > > > > > > > $ mount -o loop /dev/sda1 /mnt/USB (-o shouldn't be necessary) > > > > Error: no device found > > > > > > > > I tried looking for a way to restart hotplug, but I couldn't find > > > > anything in /etc/init.d/ > > > > > > > > So here are my questions: > > > > 1. Is there anything special about files, that are written by Win XP > > > > onto a FAT32 partition ? > > > > > > > > 2. Is there a quick way to restart hotplug, and would that help at > > > > all ? > > > > > > > > Or is the hd the one to blame ? > > > > > > > > I searched the list archive for "usb mount", but couldn't find > > > > anything similar. > > > > > > > > Thanks for any help or hints. > > > > > > > > bit
