[ubuntu-in] USB Mass Storage unmount bug

Ravi Shanker ra21vi at gmail.com
Sat Sep 22 09:30:23 BST 2007



>         
> I have an external HDD connected via USB and a 1 GB pen drive most of
> the time to my system. I have copied data to and fro in the ranges of
> 4GB and above. Once in a while I have seen the machine getting stuck.
> One work around I have found is after copying large data, before I
> eject I run "sync" from the command line. This command might take some
> time to finish. You can see the Pen Dirve LED blinking fast at this
> time. After this if I eject my Laptop never used to Hang. 
> 
> Not a solution but a work around :). 
> 
> PD

I just want to get confirmed, what happens when you eject one pendrive,
while data is still being transferred to other pen-drive.

I can't reproduce the problem at my home pc as i only have one pendrive
right here. When I will go to my work-place, i will again try to do the
same.


-Ravi-




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