On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:03:24 +0000
Mick wrote:
> On Sunday 20 February 2011 17:44:58 Neil Bothwick wrote:
> > On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:33:52 -0500, David Relson wrote:
> > > As background information, in /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules
> > > is: KERNEL=="sd*1", ATTRS{manufacturer}=="PNY", SYMLINK+="PNY",
> > >
> > > RUN+="/bin/mount -a"
> > >
> > > and in /etc/fstab is:
> > > /dev/PNY /mnt/pny vfat rw,nosuid,auto 0 0
> >
> > Could the delay be caused by something else is fstab trying to mount
> > and failing? Try with mount /dev/PNY instead of mount -a.
> >
> > Even better use pmount /dev/PNY.
> >
> > Either way, you should run the command with & because udev blocks
> > while running commands.
>
> To state the obvious ... have you tried it on a different USB port, a
> different PC and finally a different OS?
>
> I've had a USB stick failing recently and there was a mechanical
> (contact) problem. So a process of elimination would at least do
> away with physical level problems and indirectly confirm if there is
> something wrong with your system.
> --
> Regards,
> Mick
The PNY stick mentioned runs very nicely on a machine at work. The
environment there is Ubuntu (as guest OS) running in VMWare on
WinXP (as host OS). Automounting works very nicely.
The slowness is true of several USB sticks.
