[Bug 17881] usb flash memory hangs after copying few MB

[alzibub]

Public bug report changed:
https://launchpad.net/malone/bugs/17881

Comment:
> I just need to confirm whether the bug exists in dapper. If it does, I
> will attempt to fix it.

Hi Ben, I've just retried writing to my usb pen drive using the dapper
live cd and I get exactly the same problem as I did with breezy. 
(I've also checked /var/log/messages and I get exactly the same
entries appearing there.)

Alex