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From: Greg KH <greg@kroah.com>
To: Karim Yaghmour <karim@opersys.com>
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Subject: Re: Weird USB errors on HD
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On Tue, Jul 19, 2005 at 03:27:18PM -0400, Karim Yaghmour wrote:
> 
> That being said, shouldn't there be a way for the kernel to refuse to
> use this hd if it's not getting enough power. I don't know enough about
> USB to say, but isn't there something more elegant that could be done in
> software?

Nope, it's a hardware/electrical issue :)

thanks,

greg k-h