On Wed, 6 Apr 2005, Hannes Krueger wrote: > > > copying data to usb-harddrive > > > > You got a few error like this. There's no good way to tell what the cause > > is. That error code means the drive either isn't responding at all or > > else is responding with an invalid signal. > > > On the whole that looked like it was working with occasional problems. > > Some improved error recovery for usb-storage has been submitted; maybe it > > will help a little -- but it won't prevent the problems. > > From the user-point-of-view it looks like it is not working at all :-(. Maybe > I can try to copy data to the harddrive and verify it later to check > integrity. But it seems that this takes ages.
With the current driver it does take a long time. With the updated driver it should go much quicker. > > You said the drive works okay under Windows. Can you be certain that it's > > not getting the same sorts of errors? Maybe Windows just doesn't report > > the errors to you. > > Yes, the drive works at reasonable speed under Windows. > No , I'm not sure whether there are any errors (at least there are none > reported in the system-log) > > But I also checked the same USB2.0 harddrive on another linux-machine, which > is running a 2.6.8-24.11-default SuSE kernel. I did some test (copying > gigabytes of data, badblocks) and did not find any problems. The speed is > comparable with that achieved under Windows. > This looks like some problem with my computer/usb-controller hardware!? Yes, that's quite possible. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- SF email is sponsored by - The IT Product Guide Read honest & candid reviews on hundreds of IT Products from real users. Discover which products truly live up to the hype. Start reading now. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=6595&alloc_id=14396&op=click _______________________________________________ Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
