civileme wrote: > 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. Yup, I forgot that hotplug existed. Thanks. -dmc
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