Strange behaviour of mounted USB hd

bit bit_char_g at gmx.net
Tue May 4 23:28:28 UTC 2004


Second Add-on:

Sorry, I forgot to mention, which external USB thingie I bought:
http://www.mapower.com.tw/map-h31.htm
It has a GENESYS 711/811 chipset.


Am Mittwoch 05 Mai 2004 01:21 schrieb bit:
> Add on:
> I _was_ able to read/write, when copying files from my linux box to the hd
> earlier today. I just tried to copy the files from the hd, that were copied
> onto it from the WinXP box, and that doesn't work.
> It starts and only copies about 30 - 40 kb and then hangs as well.
> Afterwards, the files disappear again.
> And not only the files copied from WinXp disappear (like stated earlier)
> but also files, that I copied from my linux box.
>
> btw: I'm running 2.4.22-2188
>
> bit
>
> Am Mittwoch 05 Mai 2004 00:50 schrieb bit:
> > Hi,
> >
> > i bought an external USB 2.0 harddrive frame today, which I equipped with
> > an IBM DTLA 30 GB harddrive I had lying around.
> > I can mount that drive via my USB 2.0 port - no problem so far.
> > I can read/write as normal user, since I specified that in /etc/fstab
> > "/dev/sda1        /mnt/USB       vfat    uid=xxx,gid=xxx,rw    0 0"
> > Transfer rates are like I expected them to be.
> >
> > The problem starts, when I do anything else, then just writing to the
> > drive or copying from it. For example, trying to watch an mpeg, which was
> > copied onto the drive from a Win XP box.
> > Xine/mplayer simply refuse to start and hang.
> > After that, the files, that were copied from the Win XP box disapear.
> > If I then umount the drive and try to remount it, it's not possible to do
> > so:
> >
> > $ mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/USB
> > Error: no blockoriented device
> >
> > $ mount -o loop /dev/sda1 /mnt/USB (-o shouldn't be necessary)
> > Error: no device found
> >
> > I tried looking for a way to restart hotplug, but I couldn't find
> > anything in /etc/init.d/
> >
> > So here are my questions:
> > 1. Is there anything special about files, that are written by Win XP onto
> > a FAT32 partition ?
> >
> > 2. Is there a quick way to restart hotplug, and would that help at all ?
> >
> > Or is the hd the one to blame ?
> >
> > I searched the list archive for "usb mount", but couldn't find anything
> > similar.
> >
> > Thanks for any help or hints.
> >
> > bit





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