linux-kernel - Re: single bit errors on files stored on USB-HDDs via USB2/usb

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Date:	Thu, 07 Dec 2006 21:18:23 -0600
From:	Robert Hancock <hancockr@...w.ca>
To:	linux-kernel <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Cc:	Matthias Schniedermeyer <ms@...d.de>, DervishD <lkml@...vishd.net>
Subject: Re: single bit errors on files stored on USB-HDDs via USB2/usb_storage

Matthias Schniedermeyer wrote:
> Hmmm. That's the only thing that i currently may be doing wrong.
> I have a 1,5 Meter and a 4,5 Meter cable connected to the USB-Controller
> and i only use of them depending on where the HDD is placed in my room,
> the other one is dangling unconnected.
> 
> Then i will unconnect the short cable and use the long cable exclusivly
> and see if it gets better(tm).

That long cable could be part of the problem - I don't think the USB 
specification allows for cables that long (something like a 6 foot max 
as I recall).

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