--On December 26, 2007 3:45:15 PM -0700 Warren Block <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
Well, me too, and a USB scanner which works well. But I understand the
frustration.
As do I.
Lately, I was trying to use a card reader with a too-long USB cable. Not
only did that not work, but it could slow the system down to nothing or
panic it. Fixed with a powered hub...
I have encountered numerous problems with USB on Windows as well. Some
devices only work when plugged directly in to a port on the box. Some are
perfectly happy to share a hub with others. So I don't think *all* of the
problems are OS-related.
It seems like we need another kind of storage, something that is known
to be only mostly data-safe. If the system would gracefully handle
unexpected media removals, that would be nice. Not everything is a
trustworthy hard drive.
The user ought to be able to tell the system "Yes, da0s1 is an msdos
filesystem which I'm going to be yanking out at unexpected times. Yes,
I know it might lose some data, but at least figure things out and don't
panic."
I absolutely agree with this. At a minimum it should be possible to
forcibly umount a device that you removed after forgetting to umount it
first. If I had the first clue about the code, I'd submit a patch.
Paul Schmehl ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Senior Information Security Analyst
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/
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