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I was running fsck /dev/sda1, it was going for about 2 hours (1/10 through) when it just stopped - could not even kill the process. Had to re-boot to clear it, and now when I try to fdisk / fsck /dev/sda, I get: fdisk /dev/sda Unable to open /dev/sda fsck /dev/sda1 fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002) e2fsck 1.27 (8-Mar-2002) fsck.ext2: No such device or address while trying to open /dev/sda1 Possibly non-existent or swap device? The kernal is 2.4.18-10 (RedHat 7.3 latest up2date). Any more ideas ? Thanks, John. On Friday 30 Aug 2002 10:29 pm, root wrote: > Hi, > > I have a Lindy usb external IDE enclosure (usb 2.0 version) with a Matrox > 40 GB hard disk (7200 rpm) in it. > > Q1: should the disk be master/slave both ? > > It connects to a usb 1.0 (1.1 ?) port on the motherboard, Linux (red hat > 7.3) se it fine - no need to load any extra modules. > > I partitioned it (linux 83): 1 partition, > > I formatted it, > > I mount it, copy a couple of files onto it, > > all is well. > > However, when I try to do a LARGE cp (many files, and some large ones), > I get a lot of errors writing to the USB drive, and even some disk full > (when it is not) errors. > > Then running fschk, throws up loads of problems with inodes, i_blocks,... > > Q2: any one have any ideas ? > > NB. currently checking the disk for bad blocks - none yet, it will be > finished in the morning. > > > I'm going to try copying all files through a shell script (using find *), > to see if having a little delay between each file copy helps ? > > Q3: how should I really ensure that all the buffers are flushed to the > drive before I remove it ? I don't think umount is enough. Is adding a > sync enough ? > > Thanks, > John. > > > ------------------------------------------------------- > This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old > cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! > https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r___________________________________________ >____ [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users ------------------------------------------------------- This sf.net email is sponsored by: OSDN - Tired of that same old cell phone? Get a new here for FREE! https://www.inphonic.com/r.asp?r=sourceforge1&refcode1=vs3390 _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
