Hi gents,
Probably the issue is not caused by the USB driver but the FAT32 subsystem; I
just found similar kernel bug reports issued for Ubuntu and SUSE: [1], [2]
Kind regards,
Stefan
[1] https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux/+bug/52778
[2]
Gents,
FYI: For testing purposes, I’ve formatted the external USB-drive with EXT3 and,
believe it or not, no problems whatsoever. After re-formatting the same drive
with FAT32 and copying the very same directories and files onto the USB drive,
again an error message is issued and the copy
How large's the USB media in question? Are you maybe running into
limitations of the ancient FAT32 specs?
The tested USB devices were two memory sticks - 1GB and 8GB - and an USB HDD
with a capacity of 120GB. The files transferred were all smaller than 500MB
each, the test directory showed
Subject: linux-image-2.6.25-2-686-bigmem: fails to copy files/directories on
USB storage media
Package: linux-image-2.6.25-2-686-bigmem
Version: 2.6.25-7
Severity: critical
Justification: causes serious data loss
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Hi Teodor,
As suggested, I've installed the 2.6.26 kernel using the
linux-image-2.6.26-1-686-bigmem_2.6.26-1_i386.deb package from unstable,
unfortunately with identical results.
For testing purposes I even switched the video-driver from nvidia to nv to
avoid any potential conflicts. Same
Good morning gents,
As the problem still persists with the latest linux-image-2.6.26-1-686-bigmem
Kernel currently shipped with Lenny (just made an update/upgrade), do you want
me to reissue this bug report for the actual kernel version?
Kind regards,
Stefan
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I've looked through the upstream commits, but couldn't find something
which directly relates to your problem. As a first data point, could
you test 2.6.30 from unstable? Even if you run stable, it installs fine
in Lenny.
The problem indeed seems to be resolved; I did not observe any of the
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