Hi, > dmesg shows the USB controller being recognized fine. I can plug in the > external drive, it is recognized fine. I can mount the drive and list > its contents fine. However, whenever I attempt to copy data from the > drive, it will copy 20 or so files and then hang for a long time. This > may continue a few times -- copy some files and then hang -- until the > device times out.
I have the exact same problem. But I'm quite sure, this is no problem of Linux as such or a problem of the hardware. Normally I use SuSE-Linux and have the described problem in versions 8 and 9 (Kernels upto 2.4.21). But if I boot from CD using Knoppix Version 3.1 (Kernel 2.4.20) I can access the external drive and copy from and to it without any problems at all. Knoppix is based on Debian. There must be a difference either in the hotplug-subsystem or in the way the hardware is handled. But where? Torsten ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials Free Linux tutorial presented by Daniel Robbins, President and CEO of GenToo technologies. Learn everything from fundamentals to system administration.http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1470&alloc_id=3638&op=click _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
