Re: Strange behaviour of mounted USB hd

From: bit (bit_char_g_at_gmx.net)
Date: 05/05/04

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Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 01:21:38 +0200

    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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