From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1425271AbWLHJHg (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Dec 2006 04:07:36 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1425270AbWLHJHf (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Dec 2006 04:07:35 -0500 Received: from enyo.dsw2k3.info ([195.71.86.239]:55752 "EHLO enyo.dsw2k3.info" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1425271AbWLHJHe (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Dec 2006 04:07:34 -0500 Message-ID: <45792B4D.8050705@citd.de> Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2006 10:07:25 +0100 From: Matthias Schniedermeyer User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.5) Gecko/20041217 Mnenhy/0.7 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Robert Hancock Cc: linux-kernel , DervishD Subject: Re: single bit errors on files stored on USB-HDDs via USB2/usb_storage References: <4578D97F.7020107@shaw.ca> In-Reply-To: <4578D97F.7020107@shaw.ca> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Robert Hancock wrote: > Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote: > >> Hmmm. That's the only thing that i currently may be doing wrong. >> I have a 1,5 Meter and a 4,5 Meter cable connected to the USB-Controller >> and i only use of them depending on where the HDD is placed in my room, >> the other one is dangling unconnected. >> >> Then i will unconnect the short cable and use the long cable exclusivly >> and see if it gets better(tm). > > > That long cable could be part of the problem - I don't think the USB > specification allows for cables that long (something like a 6 foot max > as I recall). http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USB2 Says that 5 meters are allowed. Bis denn -- Real Programmers consider "what you see is what you get" to be just as bad a concept in Text Editors as it is in women. No, the Real Programmer wants a "you asked for it, you got it" text editor -- complicated, cryptic, powerful, unforgiving, dangerous.