External FAT32 Hard Drive USB Connection Dies
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linux (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
I've been running Win2000 and it's time to upgrade the O/S. I've chosen Ubuntu instead of XP or Vista. At the same time, I've also upgraded my hard drives. I took the old Win2k FAT32 hard drive (WD 80 GB IDE) out and installed a pair of Samsung F1 SATA. I used the 8.10 Alternate CD.
My fresh install of Intrepid has been running very well except for one problem. I put the old FAT32 hard drive in an external case and connect to it via USB so that I can transfer documents and data to the linux box. There are problems:
1) It takes 50 seconds for the system to recognize the drive after USB insertion.
2) It says "Drive cannot be found." I click OK and then the drive is found. I end up with one virtual drive named VOL2 (in Windows the D drive) listed twice as 0_VOL2 and again as 0_VOL2_. The first instance is empty.
3) After mounting, the connection will die unexpectedly. I was copying files for 10 minutes from the drive to the linux box and it stopped copying mid-file, unmounted and closed the connection. After unplugging the drive the hard drive light stays on indefinitely. Replugging the drive into USB often results in no response. Best chance for a new connection happens if I power down the external drive, power it back up and then reconnect the USB cable.
AMD Athlon 4800 Brisbane dual core, BioStar mobo MCP6P-M2, two Samsung F1 500GB in RAID 1 config using Nvidia 430 chipset softraid, Biostar 8400GS video. Intrepid 8.10, kernel 2.6.27-9-generic.
Please have a look here: https:/ /help.ubuntu. com/community/ DebuggingUSBSto rage , and see if any of that helps.