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From: Paul E Condon on 11 Apr 2010 01:50 On 20100411_005504, Celejar wrote: > On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 22:41:57 -0600 > Paul E Condon <pecondon(a)mesanetworks.net> wrote: > > ... > > > So, the fact that my WD drives don't play well with S.M.A.R.T doesn't > > make them special, and I should not spend much, if any, time looking > > for a USB solution. What other options are there for external HD? > > I'm sorry, I don't really know much about this stuff. I'm just > repeating what I've heard (and seen, in my very limited experience). > > Celejar Your comment was/is helpful to me. Thanks. Please don't drop off this thread because I'm sometimes too terse. Following some links from article you cited lead me to some threads on SATA and eSATA, so I am not all at my wits end now. But it is well past my bed time. -- Paul E Condon pecondon(a)mesanetworks.net -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100411054850.GE10774(a)big.lan.gnu
From: Stan Hoeppner on 11 Apr 2010 02:00 Paul E Condon put forth on 4/10/2010 11:41 PM: > So, the fact that my WD drives don't play well with S.M.A.R.T doesn't > make them special, and I should not spend much, if any, time looking > for a USB solution. What other options are there for external HD? You're got 3 USB hard drives already, and you're throwing them out and looking for another solution, just because they don't do S.M.A.R.T? If neither USB nor firewire do smart, you choices are very limited. The only other realistic option I know of is eSATA, but a quick scan of Newegg shows only 6 devices total, 2 DVR expander drives and 4 eSATA RAID enclosures. I have no idea if the DVR expander drives will work with a standard PC setup. They "should". The two DVR drives are both 1TB and both just under $130 USD, one Iomega and one Western Digital: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822186175 http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136384 Are you planning on connecting this drive to a laptop or desktop? To multiple computers or just one computer? -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BC16321.8000300(a)hardwarefreak.com
From: Andrei Popescu on 11 Apr 2010 05:00 On Sat,10.Apr.10, 16:24:45, Paul E Condon wrote: > The errors that I am experiencing are all similar. The first > indication of a problem is a message from the kernel (I think). An > example is: > > kernel: [78454.939948] journal commit I/O error [...] > When this happens, all the USB drives (3 of them) disappear from > /dev/disks/by-label (they are all labeled by me). I have not Just a long shot, bun since you are connecting 3 USB drives to the same computer you might experience power issues. If you connect only one drive do you get the same issues? Or you could try a powered USB hub if you have one. Regards, Andrei -- Offtopic discussions among Debian users and developers: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/mailman/listinfo/d-community-offtopic
From: Celejar on 11 Apr 2010 09:10 On Sat, 10 Apr 2010 23:48:51 -0600 Paul E Condon <pecondon(a)mesanetworks.net> wrote: .... > Your comment was/is helpful to me. Thanks. Please don't drop off this > thread because I'm sometimes too terse. Following some links from article No offense taken - I just didn't want you to get your expectations up of the likelihood of much more in the way of any helpful contributions to this thread from me ;) Celejar -- foffl.sourceforge.net - Feeds OFFLine, an offline RSS/Atom aggregator mailmin.sourceforge.net - remote access via secure (OpenPGP) email ssuds.sourceforge.net - A Simple Sudoku Solver and Generator -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20100411090426.71776c9a.celejar(a)gmail.com
From: Ron Johnson on 11 Apr 2010 14:50
On 2010-04-08 19:44, Paul E Condon wrote: > I want to use the low cost high capacity hard drives that are > for sale in places like Best Buy and Costco. I have put ext3 on > several of them and started experimenting. The results so far > are puzzling. > http://smartmontools.sourceforge.net/faq.html#testinghelp As for USB and FireWire (IEEE 1394) disks and tape drives, the news is not good. They appear to the operating system as SCSI devices but their implementations do not usually support those SCSI commands needed by smartmontools. -- Dissent is patriotic, remember? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-REQUEST(a)lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmaster(a)lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4BC21942.3010605(a)cox.net |