Re: plugged in thumb drive, which disconnected another USB drive
Curt wrote:
> On 2015-03-12, Mike Kupfer <m.kupfer@acm.org> wrote:
> > The other night I plugged a thumb drive into a Belkin 4-port USB hub.
> > This had the side effect of disconnecting an Iomega USB drive that was
> > plugged into the same hub.
> >
> > I have since been unable to reproduce the problem, but I'm concerned
> > about the possibility of data loss when a drive gets disconnected like
> > that.
>
> Is that Iomega USB drive healthy?
I haven't noticed any other issues with it, and I do scan
/var/log/syslog for warning and error messages. That said, the drive
*is* 5 years old, and I'd been planning to replace it this year just
based on its age. Maybe I should do that sooner rather than later.
thanks,
mike
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