[SWLUG] Backing up took 3 days

[James]

lsmod |grep -i ehci returns:

ehci_hcd               32136  0
usbcore               112640  4 usb_storage,ehci_hcd,uhci_hcd

dmesg |grep -i ehci returns:

PCI0 PS2K PS2M UAR2 UAR1 AC97 USB1 USB2 USB3 USB4 EHCI PWRB SLPB
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: EHCI Host Controller
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 5
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: irq 5, io mem 0xf9e00000
ehci_hcd 0000:00:10.4: USB 2.0 initialized, EHCI 1.00, driver 10 Dec 2004
usb 5-4: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 2


Turning on the external drive was quite worrying, as its making a "worn 
out" sound - it might just be the fan on the case, but the noise gets 
louder and quieter every now and then, and some suspicious sounding 
buzzing noise keeps appearing (the external drive is a normal hard drive 
inside an external "case caddy"). However now it seems to have stopped 
its noises, and just sounds alot quiter than when it was "healthy".

I cant work out anything from the two ouputs above, other than it knows 
the device is there.

Thanks for the help

-James


Pete Prior wrote:

> lsmod |grep -i ehci
>
> will check if you have USB 2.0 modules loaded into your kernel.
>
> Also, a dmesg output would be helpful
>
> Pete
>
> Jonathan Wright wrote:
>
>> Pete Phillips wrote:
>>
>>> Have you checked DMA for all your devices ? I have seen DMA turned off
>>> with Suse in the past (admittedly a few years ago) for some devices
>>> which Suse seemed unsure if they supported DMA. Without DMA, they ran
>>> dog slow. You can sort this out in yast2 Hardware/IDE DMA Mode. 
>>> (this is
>>> probably unlikely as you would notice your whole system running 
>>> slowly).
>>
>>
>> Also - a very high (usually ~99%) CPU load during transfer will point to
>> this as well. Without DMA the CPU has to do all the work transferring
>> the data back/fore.
>>
>
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