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Re: Strange disk errors on NSLU2



Hi,
thank you for your advice. As I read documentation from external drive (there
is 2,5" disc inside), there is note about limited USB power and use of Y USB
cable is recommended for such cases. I have usb to parallel convertor in second
usb, so I will test USB hub.

Thanks

On Pá 18.zář, Joachim Beckers wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I seem to recall this can happen for underpowered usb-powered drives.
> Sometimes connecting the drive to a powered hub helps. Maybe you would try
> that? Is the drive usb-powered (I suppose it is, since you say it's a
> portable drive).
> 
> regards,
> 
> Joachim
> 
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2009 at 19:18, <jezz@hkfree.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > recently I have upgraded my slug to lenny armel from etch. I have changed
> > my
> > old USB hard drive with bigger one - it is external drive samsung s2
> > portable
> > 500GB. I can't say, where the problem is, but after this change (upgrade &
> > new
> > disk), I have strange messages from kernel about failed writes.
> > I have tried to display smart for hdd, but it always fails and resets USB.
> > With badblocks non-destructive read-write test I have succesfully checked
> > about
> > 20% drive.
> > Any ideas? Log attached.
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > --
> > Jezz
> > mail:   jezz@hkfree.org
> > jabber: jezz@njs.netlab.cz
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Jezz
mail:   jezz@hkfree.org
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