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Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] USB Drive Mount
From: Mark Knecht <markknecht@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Nov 30, 2011 at 3:36 PM, sean <tech.junk@myfairpoint.net> wrote:
> On 11/27/2011 04:02 PM, Mark Knecht wrote:
>
>>>
>>
>> I have something like 10 USB drives here at home. 9 of those drives
>> works perfectly in 5 machines in the house. 1 drive works when
>> attached to 4 of the machines but produces a similar error when
>> attached to my most expensive i7-980x machine.
>>
>> I've never determined what causes it and have sort of decided it's
>> just some weird incompatibility...
>>
>> - Mark
>>
>
> Mark,
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0I swapped to a very short USB cable to connect=
the drives to my
> system. It cured the problem here.
>
> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0Sean
>
That's good news. Is that the external USB cable or something inside a
drive case?
I'd suspect something like a slightly suspect USB controller
somewhere. Changing the cable probably shifted the electrical
parameters on the cable just enough that it started working.
I should give that a try here and see if I get so lucky!
Cheers,
Mark