On Tue, 13 Nov 2007, Steve Kelem wrote: > I have a USB hard drive that I'm trying to use with Linux. > It does mount, but it takes 30 seconds! > When I type: > % ls /media/usbdrive > /var/log/messages says: > Nov 13 00:05:34 laptop kernel: ReiserFS: sda1: found reiserfs format > "3.6" with standard journal > Nov 13 00:06:05 laptop kernel: ReiserFS: sda1: using ordered data mode > Nov 13 00:06:05 laptop kernel: ReiserFS: sda1: journal params: device > sda1, size 8192, journal first block 18, max trans len 1024, max batch > 900, max commit age 30, max trans age 30 > Nov 13 00:06:05 laptop kernel: ReiserFS: sda1: checking transaction log > (sda1) > Nov 13 00:06:05 laptop kernel: ReiserFS: sda1: Using r5 hash to sort names > Nov 13 00:06:05 laptop udevd[2311]: get_netlink_msg: no ACTION in > payload found, skip event 'mount' > Nov 13 00:06:08 laptop udevd[2311]: get_netlink_msg: no ACTION in > payload found, skip event 'umount' > > and then the drive is unmounted! > I don't always have this drive plugged in, so I don't want a permanent > automount in /etc/fstab, but having to wait 30 seconds for an "ls" is > horrible. > > Any idea of what's wrong?
Possibly some error occurs, the system waits during a 30-second timeout, and then the disk is reset. What shows up in the output from dmesg after you mount the filesystem? Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: Splunk Inc. Still grepping through log files to find problems? Stop. Now Search log events and configuration files using AJAX and a browser. Download your FREE copy of Splunk now >> http://get.splunk.com/ _______________________________________________ Linux-usb-users@lists.sourceforge.net To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
