From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1425586AbWLHQT3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Dec 2006 11:19:29 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1760753AbWLHQT3 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Dec 2006 11:19:29 -0500 Received: from mtai03.charter.net ([209.225.8.183]:40382 "EHLO mtai03.charter.net" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1760745AbWLHQT2 (ORCPT ); Fri, 8 Dec 2006 11:19:28 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <17785.36959.226941.657811@smtp.charter.net> Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2006 11:18:39 -0500 From: "John Stoffel" To: Stefan Richter Cc: Matthias Schniedermeyer , Pete Zaitcev , usb-storage@lists.one-eyed-alien.net, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: single bit errors on files stored on USB-HDDs via USB2/usb_storage In-Reply-To: <457958C9.6010901@s5r6.in-berlin.de> References: <45786E58.5070308@citd.de> <20061207154545.6eb516c4.zaitcev@redhat.com> <45792D74.5000901@citd.de> <457958C9.6010901@s5r6.in-berlin.de> X-Mailer: VM 7.19 under Emacs 21.4.1 X-Chzlrs: 0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org >>>>> "Stefan" == Stefan Richter writes: Stefan> Search for firmware updates from the manufacturer of the Stefan> enclosure, of the bridge board, or of the bridge chip... if Stefan> you didn't do so already. Some chips support firmware upload Stefan> to an EEPROM, usually via a Windows utility. I did this with my USB2.0/Firewire external enclosure and it fixed most of the problems, but enough remained that I've basically given up on those enclosures, they're just not reliable in my book. John