Doug McClendon wrote: > I just had an interesting experience with supermount and usb-storage. > Perhaps someone can give me some help. > > I have a MS-Natural-Pro keyboard with integrated usb hub. I also have > a "universal smart drive" keychain 32M flash usb "drive". I decided > to try to use it with supermount. For the most part, it works. > > /mnt/keychain /mnt/keychain supermount > dev=/dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1,fs=vfat,--,umask=0,sync 0 0 > > But when it was unplugged, and I did a "df -m", the df process became > hung and unkill-KILLable. My little wmmon load meter started > gradually going higher and higher, until it was at a load of about 10 > (10 bars). Eventually, when I tried to plug the keychain back in, the > df got killed, and could execute just fine, and the load returned to > normal. > > Is supermount just not designed to work with usb-storage? Is there a > bug that needs fixing, or a kernel I could upgrade to to fix this? > > Thanks for any help... > > -dmc > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > hotplug is designed to work with USB storage... Supermount is still being refined from the disaster of the transition to kernel 2.4, and removable (not unpluggable) media was the first to be implemented. So USB storage devices like memory are down the road a bit, while the ZIP and a few other devices work well now.
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