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| From | Clark Smith <noaddress@nowhere.net> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.linux.hardware |
| Subject | Re: usb external drives not reliable for linux? |
| Date | 2014-06-22 01:28 +0000 |
| Organization | albasani.net |
| Message-ID | <lo5bfm$be2$1@news.albasani.net> (permalink) |
| References | <lo4c6q$sdc$1@dont-email.me> |
On Sat, 21 Jun 2014 16:34:34 +0000, Charles T. Smith wrote: > Hi, > > I bought an external usb drive for external storage for my linux system. > I discover that after a while (15 minutes?) of inactivity, I get this > message: > > ls: reading directory .: Input/output error > > If I cd away and back again, my directory is back. Is that implicit in > usb or the drive? Can a disk be made to not do that? I have it mounted > in sync mode. You may have been unlucky enough to have bought a defective disk. I have had several external USB disks attached to my Linux system for years, and have yet to have any problems with them.
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usb external drives not reliable for linux? "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2014-06-21 16:34 +0000
Re: usb external drives not reliable for linux? Stef <not@this.address.com> - 2014-06-22 01:26 +0000
Re: usb external drives not reliable for linux? "Ralf S. Hellersen" <schneiderxr@arcor.de> - 2014-08-08 19:59 +0000
Re: usb external drives not reliable for linux? Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com> - 2014-08-08 15:35 -0700
Re: usb external drives not reliable for linux? Clark Smith <noaddress@nowhere.net> - 2014-06-22 01:28 +0000
Re: usb external drives not reliable for linux? JEDIDIAH <jedi@nomad.mishnet> - 2014-06-23 09:42 -0500
Re: usb external drives not reliable for linux? Eric Pozharski <whynot@pozharski.name> - 2014-06-24 10:18 +0300
Re: usb external drives not reliable for linux? Baho Utot <baho-utot@invalid.com> - 2014-06-24 07:36 -0400
Re: usb external drives not reliable for linux? "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2014-06-24 18:32 +0000
Re: usb external drives not reliable for linux? Baho Utot <baho-utot@invalid.com> - 2014-06-24 16:47 -0400
Re: usb external drives not reliable for linux? "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2014-06-22 13:41 +0000
Re: usb external drives not reliable for linux? Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2014-06-23 05:13 +0000
Re: usb external drives not reliable for linux? "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2014-06-24 20:10 +0000
Re: usb external drives not reliable for linux? Henrik Carlqvist <Henrik.Carlqvist@deadspam.com> - 2014-06-25 06:04 +0000
Re: usb external drives not reliable for linux? "Charles T. Smith" <cts.private.yahoo@gmail.com> - 2014-06-25 19:04 +0000
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