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Re: [OCLUG-Tech] USB - reiserfs woes

On Fri, Aug 12, 2005 at 08:40:46AM -0400, Peter Sjoberg wrote:
> 
> I haven't had any unexpected problem with reiserfs when using it under
> both mandrake and suse. I guess it might depend on the distro and kernel
> patch level but in your case I suspect the USB stuff.
> I have tried to use a USB drive and did see that I couldn't send big
> amounts of files, had to do it in smaller batches, and that was to vfat.
> Later I moved the USB connection from the fron (which comes from some
> cables on the mobo) to the back (which is part of the connection array
> in the back) and then it started to work (kind of, had forgotten that I
> couldn't save the 4.4G iso on vfat).
> 

It could actually be a kernel bug in usb or usbstorage (or reiser too,
for that matter).  Definite check the `dmesg` and post it up if there is
a lot of scary looking stuff.

mh

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