well, this has turned out to be not so successful: hardware: ISD model 205 usb-ide bridge cable (from InteractiveMediaCorp) OHCI hub [attached to 20GB disk with ext2 filesystem - known to be good] software: 2.4.5 kernel + cvs usb-storage reads fine. Write relatively small amounts fine. On larger writes (few hundred MB?), freezes the system with no messages. The drive access light remains on at this point. Hard reboot seems necessary. Has anyone seen similar behavior? Charles -- Charles Schwieters email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] www: http://schwieters.org/cds phone: (301) 402-4914 FAX: (301) 402-2867 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users