Re: e2fsck errror: Error reading block (Attempt to read block from filesystem resulted in short read)
On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 11:40:55PM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
> Dan Ritter wrote:
>
> > On Tue, Aug 28, 2012 at 09:28:20AM -0400, Kamaraju S Kusumanchi wrote:
> >> 4) What might have caused this problem and how to prevent it in the
> >> future?
> >
> > I don't know, but in my experience, USB-connected hard disks
> > suffer these problems much more than PATA/SATA/eSATA/SCSI/SAS
> > disks do.
> >
>
> What about solid state hard drives that can be connected via USB drive? I
> heard solid state hard drives are more dependable (but expensive) than the
> usual (IDE?) ones. Does USB connection matter there too?
I haven't any experience with those, other than thumb-sized
sticks and the like. I suspect the problem is the USB connection
rather than the drive technology.
-dsr-
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