Using Seagate FreeAgent Go 500Gb drive, unable to perform sustained data transfer.
Can confirm this issue is still in Karmic: Linux nigel-laptop 2.6.31-9-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Sun Aug 30 17:39:23 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux As mentioned above, this: echo 1024 > /sys/block/sdb/device/max_sectors was required to get the drive working reliably. -- USB mass storage stops working after a while https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/61235 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs