I am runing gentoo kernel 2.4.20 on an IBM thinkpad with intel 82801 i/o chipset (USB 1.1)
with usbcore, usb-uhci, usb-storage etc.
the device comes up as /dev/sda alright and I can partition using fdisk etc.
However if I try to mkfs.ext2 about the largest partion I can format is about 5-8GB before my system goes bye byes.
It starts off ok and runs to about 50 inodes then slows to a crawl and dies over about 30s after which a power off neccessary to recover.
I have seen similar probs in the archives where people have had trouble with USB1.1 and large file transfers/mkfs but no answers.
Is there any solution / workaround know for this senario ?
I am happy to get my hands dirty given appropriate direction - I have a background in C programming for embedded systems but lack any kernel hacking experiance to date.
Cheers all, Chris
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