Mounting my EHD, editing Fstab

[Tony Corbett]

well it is in the back ports - just where it used to work fine with Bill's OS

are you sure the right mount command isn't the answer


> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> From: glgxg at sbcglobal.net
> Subject: Re: Mounting my EHD, editing Fstab
> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 14:32:56 -0700
> 
> On 04/20/2008 05:02 AM, Tony Corbett wrote:
> 
> 
> > 
> >> Subject: RE: Mounting my EHD, editing Fstab
> >> From: mario.vukelic at dantian.org
> >> To: ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com
> >> Date: Sun, 20 Apr 2008 08:41:46 +0200
> >> 
> >> On Sun, 2008-04-20 at 11:32 +1000, Tony Corbett wrote:
> >> > i've had this maxtor ehd working fine on this pc with windows 
> >> > i also downloaded the seagate software and had it working on the
> >> > laptop at work
> >> > with windows
> >> 
> >> OK
> >> 
> >> > my 250 MB usb storage key works fine with ubuntu in all ports 
> >> 
> >> OK
> >> 
> >> > someone suggested i get a windows pc and run scan / defrag
> >> 
> >> That can't hurt. One other thing just came to my mind, though. I
> >> remember to have had unspecific I/O errors like this, too. This was when
> >> I placed my external HD and other gear on a chest and ran a long cable
> >> to my laptop, via a cheap USB hub.
> >> 
> >> It turned out that the combination of long cheap cable (a bit more than
> >> the 5 meters that the USB spec allows) and cheap hub was a no-no.
> >> Changing to higher-quality stuff fixed it.
> >> 
> >> You might want to check cable length and quality, etc. (When the Maxtor
> >> worked in Windows, did you use the same cable and hub setup?)
> >> 
> 
> > nuh, the ehd cable is about 0.5 m at most
> 
> And have you tried it in each USB connector? Some devices get too much
> noise on the front USB ports, but work just fine on the back ports.
> 
> Also, you might find that the device is autosuspending or immediately
> going into sleep mode. Long read, but you might find something in there
> that applies:
> 
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-source-2.6.22/+bug/88746
> 
> You also might find this of some interest:
> <http://forums.seagate.com/stx/board/message?board.id=onetouch&thread.id=606&view=by_date_ascending&page=1>
> 
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