Im using and USB to IDE cable with separate power supply for this, and i cant use it through USB hub -- i must plug it directly to the machine's USB port or else it will throw errors about delayed write.
See my set up using a laptop: http://corruptedpartition.blogspot.com/2007/09/cheapest-way-to-upgrade-your-laptop.html On 9/19/07, JM Ibanez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Rafael Sevilla <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Wed, 19 Sep 2007 13:14:09 +1000 > > "Holden Hao" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> BTW, the enclosure is a generic China-made product with 2 USB jacks. > >> Can anybody tell me why there are 2 jacks? I suspect this is for > >> supplying power however, it works with just the main jack plugged in. > > [snip] > > > I recently encountered a similar issue, with a -71 USB error from the > > kernel. It was extremely frustrating. Some deep searching revealed > > that the problem was probably because the USB 2.0 standard has more > > stringent cabling requirements than USB 1.1, and that presumably > > disabling USB 2.0 support would allow the rive to be used with the > > cable I had, albeit at extremely reduced speeds. As the drive I put in > > the thing is a 160 GB drive with a lot of large files, such a thing was > > unacceptable. Instead, I managed to find a replacement cable, and > > it has been working properly ever since. > > You might also want to check if you're being hit by this bug > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.20/+bug/61235 > > It's not the same thing, but it might affect you nonetheless. > -- > JM Ibanez > Software Architect > Orange & Bronze Software Labs, Ltd. Co. > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://software.orangeandbronze.com/ > _________________________________________________ > Philippine Linux Users' Group (PLUG) Mailing List > plug@lists.linux.org.ph (#PLUG @ irc.free.net.ph) > Read the Guidelines: http://linux.org.ph/lists > Searchable Archives: http://archives.free.net.ph > -- -- Roger P. Filomeno TechBiz Asia Group Pte Ltd http://corruptedpartition.blogspot.com/ send MSG GODIE <YOUR MESSAGE> to 2948 $> who | grep -i blond | date; cd ~; unzip; touch; strip; finger; mount; gasp; yes; uptime; umount; sleep
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