Colin Guthrie wrote:
> Steve Morris wrote:
>> I am now having problems copying large files from my flashdisk under
>> cooker. I am trying to copy 543 MBs worth of files, in 4 files, from
>> my flashdisk to my hard disk and, it gets to 54% of the way through
>> and stops copying although the light on the flash disk keeps flashing
>> even after the copy process is terminated. The flashing of the light
>> does not stop until I physically disconnect the flashdisk.
>> There is nothing wrong with the files or the flashdisk, as I copied
>> the same 4 files from the flashdisk to my laptop with 2008.1 without
>> any problems whatsoever, the issue only occurs with cooker. I have
>> checked the mount attributes of the flashdisk and it is not being
>> mounted as synchronous. Why is cooker having these problems?
>
> Well first port of call is the kernel. Try using older kernels if you
> have them still installed and see at which point things break. If you
> have to, try installing the 2008.1 kernel on your cooker box and see
> if that works OK. That will help narrow down the search. If the 2008.1
> kernel works OK, then let the kernel team know via a bug report and
> make sure you remember to include the usb modules used and your h/w
> etc. etc.
>
> Col
>
Thanks Col, I am using the 2.6.24 kernel. I can't use the later kernels
because of wireless mouse failures with the 25 kernel, and nvidia dkms
compile issues with the 26 kernel. I was able to copy the 4 files off
the flash disk by copying each file individually. In order to check
where the issue might be when the light was continually flashing I
returned the system to kdm, and the light was still flashing. I then
told kdm to reboot, and the light was still flashing all the way through
the shutdown process right to the final unmount process, where it had 3
attempts to unmount the flashdisk without success whereupon it shutdown
over the top of the flashdisk.
When you say to include the usb modules, do you mean the hardware driver
for the usb port or do you mean to try to determine the driver the
system decided to use when it automounted the flashdisk?

regards,
Steve