Re: [CentOS] USB external HDD error messages

2008-10-14 Thread Guest
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 9:38 AM, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guest wrote: > >> Sorry to double up on your answer like this, but is there any chance that >> the i/o errors are due to a bad usb cable, or usb card in the main >> computer? I didn't mention before that the external hdd that the s

Re: [CentOS] USB external HDD error messages

2008-09-29 Thread Guest
On Mon, Sep 29, 2008 at 9:38 AM, nate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Guest wrote: > >> Sorry to double up on your answer like this, but is there any chance that >> the i/o errors are due to a bad usb cable, or usb card in the main >> computer? I didn't mention before that the external hdd that the s

Re: [CentOS] USB external HDD error messages

2008-09-29 Thread nate
Guest wrote: > Sorry to double up on your answer like this, but is there any chance that > the i/o errors are due to a bad usb cable, or usb card in the main > computer? I didn't mention before that the external hdd that the seagate is > replacing also reported a lot of i/o errors and kept discon

Re: [CentOS] USB external HDD error messages

2008-09-29 Thread partha chowdhury
Guest wrote: On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 5:00 PM, partha chowdhury <[EMAIL PROTECTED] > wrote: Guest3731 wrote: if you take it out and put it back again is it automatically mounted and can kernel see it when you do fdisk -l ? Sorry to double up on your ans

Re: [CentOS] USB external HDD error messages

2008-09-29 Thread MHR
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 8:29 PM, Guest <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Sorry to double up on your answer like this, but is there any chance that > the i/o errors are due to a bad usb cable, or usb card in the main > computer? I didn't mention before that the external hdd that the seagate is > repla

Re: [CentOS] USB external HDD error messages

2008-09-28 Thread Guest
On Sun, Sep 28, 2008 at 5:00 PM, partha chowdhury <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Guest3731 wrote: > >> >> if you take it out and put it back again is it automatically mounted and > can kernel see it when you do fdisk -l ? > Sorry to double up on your answer like this, but is there any chance that

Re: [CentOS] USB external HDD error messages

2008-09-28 Thread notconfusedaboutthattoday
partha chowdhury wrote: Guest3731 wrote: > Hi - relatively inexperienced user here. I installed CentOS 5.2 > yesterday (http install via a mirror, worked brilliantly), as well as a > new Seagate 1Tb USB external HDD (from the new Xtreme line), for > backup/media storage. [snip] if you take i

Re: [CentOS] USB external HDD error messages

2008-09-28 Thread partha chowdhury
Guest3731 wrote: Hi - relatively inexperienced user here. I installed CentOS 5.2 yesterday (http install via a mirror, worked brilliantly), as well as a new Seagate 1Tb USB external HDD (from the new Xtreme line), for backup/media storage. Using fdisk I put two primary partitions on the Seagat

[CentOS] USB external HDD error messages

2008-09-28 Thread Guest3731
Hi - relatively inexperienced user here. I installed CentOS 5.2 yesterday (http install via a mirror, worked brilliantly), as well as a new Seagate 1Tb USB external HDD (from the new Xtreme line), for backup/media storage. Using fdisk I put two primary partitions on the Seagate, /dev/sde1 and