[Wolves] usb stick and suse

[Dick Turpin]

On Friday 24 June 2005 22:33, Rob Annable wrote:

> Anybody here had any bad experiences with usb sticks and SuSE?
>
> I was merrily copying to and from it and then everything hung up. When
> it caught up it had erased a bunch of folders (not ones related to the
> items I was copying) and created some odd zero k folders with mashed
> up names.
>
> Lost some work. Not happy.
>
> Any ideas how to avoid it?

I think I might know the answer to this one, however it might not be a 
solution.

I have a USB external 200GB HDD which works fine. however I get error messages 
in the log file 'DEVPATH not set' plus I have what I would call a ghost 
folder/drive the entry's read;

/media
--------->/cdrecorder
--------->/floppy
--------->/USB-200GB
--------->/USB-200GB_1

I read on Google that this is a known issue with USB & Linux in general, from 
what I understand the HAL daemon constantly keeps reassigning the drive or 
something, apparently the only fix is to have a USB PCI card (I have no idea 
why) the error happens with cable ones attached to your motherboard and 
on-board ones too!

I haven't lost any data yet and don't appear to have any connection problems 
other than the error messages which I just ignore.

Of course it could be your stick is on its way out?

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Dick Turpin
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