[Tfug] USB HD Issues

[Randy Allen]

In the release notes for WB4, it says does not support usb hd. I bet that is 
what is happening on your aFC3.

Randy
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Secan" <jim at nwra.com>
To: <tfug at tfug.org>
Sent: Tuesday, June 21, 2005 11:17 AM
Subject: [Tfug] USB HD Issues


> Something is now seriously amiss with how my FC3 system is handling USB
> drives.  After the mishap with the USB drive that was mailed to me with
> data on it, now the USB drives I have used for months for backup are
> running into similar problems.  It's like the bad drive had a cold and now
> the other are catching it.  Every time one of these drives is mounted the
> system declares that there are problems with the filesystem and that 
> e2fsck
> must be run on it.  After the multi-day, and always failed, attempts using
> e2fsck on the data drive I am very hesitant to start using it on these
> other USB drives (one 165GB the other two 205GB).
>
> Questions that may have easy answers - is there any way I can tell (1)
> whether the USB ports are 1.1 or 2.0 (short of opening the box); and (2) 
> if
> they are working correctly or not?  The slow transfer rates I was seeing
> during the run of e2fsck make me think that although these are supposed to
> be 2.0 ports they really aren't.  Or perhaps the system is using a 1.1
> driver for 2.0 ports.  Any ideas on that (finding out and fixing)?
>
> Other suggestions are also welcome.  Information on dealing with
> problematic USB hard drives seems to be hard to find on the 'net.  I am
> starting to think that Linux and USB drives are a bad combination.
>
> Jim
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