HELP: External 250G USB screwed with GParted

[Ed Greshko]

Craig White wrote:
> On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 16:16 +0800, Ed Greshko wrote:
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>> Craig White wrote:
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>>> On Mon, 2008-01-21 at 16:02 +1030, Tim wrote:
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>>>> Do you realise how stupid it is to even ask that?  How many hundreds of
>>>> brands may be available for purchase?  How many different brands in
>>>> different places that aren't available at the other places?  How many
>>>> that are fine, but aren't mentioned by someone, so people won't buy
>>>> them?  How many of the same product are sold by different labels?  How
>>>> many of different products are sold under the same label?
>>>>     
>>>>         
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>>> I was hoping that you could name just one commercially available USB
>>> cable that was not usable for USB 2.0
>>>
>>> Craig
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>> Somehow I can't imagine how unimportant that question is....  But, if 
>> you want me to pick you up a few of them from the cheap computer swap 
>> shops here in Taipei I'll get a few and send them to you.  While I'm at 
>> it, I'll even get you some cheap CDs or DVDs that produce coasters 5-10% 
>> of the time.
>>     
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> I've made my share of coasters but that is an entirely separate topic.
>   
No, it isn't.

There are substandard products everywhere one looks.  And there are 
products that were built to satisfy a given standard but don't pass 
muster when the standard is updated.  You just seem bent on trying to 
have Tim name a given product that will work on USB 1.0 but won't work 
on USB 2.0.   Frankly, it is boring.

I don't doubt that there are cables out there that work perfectly well 
with USB 1.0 and fail with USB 2.0.  Just like I don't doubt that there 
are 10BaseT cables that work just fine at 10Mbps and not so good at 
100Mbps....because I have experienced that end of the spectrum.  But, I 
don't have to see them and touch them to know they exist.

They exist.  And, frankly, having been on the hardware end of 
manufacturing super computers, I could tell you some wonderful stories 
about coaxial cables used in the Control Data Cyber 205.  But, you 
probably won't believe me either.

Oh, that that "supervisor" that wasn't concerned or wouldn't even 
consider a cable problem is just plan...well how can I put 
it...ahhh....wrong. 

But, tell you what....you can go on believing what you will.  

But, it is truly unimportant why you are trying to "prove".  So, 
whatever.....