[wellylug] linux usb

[Volker Kuhlmann]

> On the subject of USB and Linux, I have purchased and external USB
> enclosure and put the 30GB drive in it. 
> It functions wonderfully under Windows, but under Linux when it gets
> about half way through copying an ISO image (around 640MB) the copy
> dialog says 'stalled' and the copy in question never finishes.

Linux has trouble with some USB hardware, esp the ones on older, like
3-4y old mobos. I can only print a photo every second time on mine, the
other half it gets stuck in the USB driver (and with this *&@*#$ cups
you can't even kill it). Check the enclosure on different hardware
(running Linux obviously, you're not interested in whether it works
under M$, which of course it does). No luck -> get a better enclosure
(the old story, really). The idea of a mobile harddisk only works as
far as the box it's connected to has functional USB hard and software.
Same goes for firewire.

Volker

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