On 12 Aug 2005 at 9:03, Martin Hicks wrote: > > 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. Perhaps use tar and pipe it from one drive to another... The bottom of http://www.freebsddiary.org/driveswap.php has a few examples. Adjust the parameters to suite your particular find utility. -- Dan Langille : http://www.langille.org/ BSDCan - The Technical BSD Conference - http://www.bsdcan.org/