Date: Sun, 7 Sep 2008 18:49:27 -0500 From: Jeffrey Goldberg <jeffrey@goldmark.org> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: USB Drive Reliability Message-ID: <8C475BB7-ACF1-417C-8684-5C2DC336BC8E@goldmark.org> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.1.10.0808190838050.77198@wonkity.com> References: <48A85276.7070306@highperformance.net> <20080818000858.D21615@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <48A8C40E.2060802@highperformance.net> <37D65ECB-A87E-4949-ABF8-33249DA31D80@goldmark.org> <alpine.BSF.1.10.0808190838050.77198@wonkity.com>
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On Aug 19, 2008, at 9:43 AM, Warren Block wrote: > On Mon, 18 Aug 2008, Jeffrey Goldberg wrote: > >> I have one system (7.0) which becomes extremely unstable if I have >> a USB drive connected. I usually get a system crash in 10 to 30 >> minutes after mounting the USB drive. It has never crashed without >> the USB drive attached, and it has never gone for more than three >> days with it attached. [...] >> Unfortunately, the crashing system is a small form machine and >> there is no way to put in a different USB controller. The USB >> drive was for backups, which I now do over the network to the >> machine that is working just fine. > > That might indicate a cable problem, even just being too long. A > line-powered hub added between a problematic USB card reader and > computer fixed an unreliable situation here. Unfortunately that hasn't solved the problem. Cheers, -j -- Jeffrey Goldberg http://www.goldmark.org/jeff/
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