Re: [News] More Patent Lawsuits, Novell(Microsoft) Defends Patents

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:15:24 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:

> I don't like Seagate. They are claimed to have reliable hard drives, but the
> two externals that I have from Seagate 'disconnect' sometimes (incomplete
> Linux support), which is a problem if you run backup scripts as cron jobs.

And of course it's not a Linux problem.
You're a complete idiot Schestowitz.
Seagate is one of the oldest and most admired manufacturers of hdisks.
Their drives are used in IBM mainframes running all kinds of operating
systems.

Fix your precious Linux and for once get your facts straight you loser.



--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Moshe Goldfarb
<>
wrote
on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:34:00 -0400
<1d6rn3688sl26$.>:
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:15:24 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>
>> I don't like Seagate. They are claimed to have reliable
>> hard drives, but the two externals that I have from
>> Seagate 'disconnect' sometimes (incomplete Linux support),
>> which is a problem if you run backup scripts as cron jobs.
>
> And of course it's not a Linux problem.

This is indeed a Linux driver problem. Presumably someone
is going to have to look into it and ascertain precisely why
Seagate external units disconnect from the main computer.

Helpful specifics would of course include:

[1] kernel version.
[2] Seagate model.
[3] other applicable circumstances e.g. heavy CPU
utilization, heavy drive utilization, long idle time,
inquisitive cat, large tri-legged attacking alien war
machines from the planet Mars, ...

[rest snipped]

--
#191,
Linux. Because life's too short for a buggy OS.

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

In article <crgid5->,
The Ghost In The Machine <> wrote:
> >> I don't like Seagate. They are claimed to have reliable
> >> hard drives, but the two externals that I have from
> >> Seagate 'disconnect' sometimes (incomplete Linux support),
> >> which is a problem if you run backup scripts as cron jobs.
> >
> > And of course it's not a Linux problem.
>
> This is indeed a Linux driver problem. Presumably someone
> is going to have to look into it and ascertain precisely why
> Seagate external units disconnect from the main computer.

I'd hold back on that conclusion until more information is available.
In particular, do other drives work fine on that system?

I had the same symptoms. I tried other brand drives, and even thumb
drives, and the problem persisted. That's because it wasn't the drives,
or the drivers. The USB ports on my motherboard went flaky. So I
tossed in a cheap ($10 or so) USB card, moved my drives over to that,
and everything has lived happily ever after.


--
--Tim Smith

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:05:32 -0700, The Ghost In The Machine wrote:

> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Moshe Goldfarb
> <>
> wrote
> on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:34:00 -0400
> <1d6rn3688sl26$.>:
>> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:15:24 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> I don't like Seagate. They are claimed to have reliable
>>> hard drives, but the two externals that I have from
>>> Seagate 'disconnect' sometimes (incomplete Linux support),
>>> which is a problem if you run backup scripts as cron jobs.
>>
>> And of course it's not a Linux problem.
>
> This is indeed a Linux driver problem. Presumably someone
> is going to have to look into it and ascertain precisely why
> Seagate external units disconnect from the main computer.
>
> Helpful specifics would of course include:
>
> [1] kernel version.
> [2] Seagate model.
> [3] other applicable circumstances e.g. heavy CPU
> utilization, heavy drive utilization, long idle time,
> inquisitive cat, large tri-legged attacking alien war
> machines from the planet Mars, ...
>
> [rest snipped]
>
> --
> #191,
> Linux. Because life's too short for a buggy OS.

So why doesn't someone tell that idiot Roy Schestowitz?
It's difficult, and scary, that this rube is in a PHD program.

What is he studiyng?
Rocks?
Like the ones in his head?


--
Moshe Goldfarb
Collector of soaps from around the globe.
Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots:
http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/

Tim Smith wrote:

> In article <crgid5->,
> The Ghost In The Machine <> wrote:
>> >> I don't like Seagate. They are claimed to have reliable
>> >> hard drives, but the two externals that I have from
>> >> Seagate 'disconnect' sometimes (incomplete Linux support),
>> >> which is a problem if you run backup scripts as cron jobs.
>> >
>> > And of course it's not a Linux problem.
>>
>> This is indeed a Linux driver problem. Presumably someone
>> is going to have to look into it and ascertain precisely why
>> Seagate external units disconnect from the main computer.
>
> I'd hold back on that conclusion until more information is available.
> In particular, do other drives work fine on that system?
>
> I had the same symptoms. I tried other brand drives, and even thumb
> drives, and the problem persisted. That's because it wasn't the drives,
> or the drivers. The USB ports on my motherboard went flaky. So I
> tossed in a cheap ($10 or so) USB card, moved my drives over to that,
> and everything has lived happily ever after.


I'd say Amen to that!

Almost all trouble with USB is with flakey connectors.
You can loose platers if you wiggle a portable HD USB lead.
Had they increased the length of the connector by 5mm, it would have
been a lot more sturdy.

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Tim Smith
<>
wrote
on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:44:41 -0700
<reply_in_group->:
> In article <crgid5->,
> The Ghost In The Machine <> wrote:
>> >> I don't like Seagate. They are claimed to have reliable
>> >> hard drives, but the two externals that I have from
>> >> Seagate 'disconnect' sometimes (incomplete Linux support),
>> >> which is a problem if you run backup scripts as cron jobs.
>> >
>> > And of course it's not a Linux problem.
>>
>> This is indeed a Linux driver problem. Presumably someone
>> is going to have to look into it and ascertain precisely why
>> Seagate external units disconnect from the main computer.
>
> I'd hold back on that conclusion until more information is available.
> In particular, do other drives work fine on that system?

Do other OSes work fine on that system as well?

>
> I had the same symptoms. I tried other brand drives, and even thumb
> drives, and the problem persisted. That's because it wasn't the drives,
> or the drivers. The USB ports on my motherboard went flaky. So I
> tossed in a cheap ($10 or so) USB card, moved my drives over to that,
> and everything has lived happily ever after.
>

So in your case it's a hardware problem. Interesting,
and logical enough. Of course the OP didn't make that
very clear in his post.

Of course one would hope for a printk() at least when
the USB flakes out, in the Linux case. Ideally, it would
then try to reconnect, though with flaky power good luck
on that.

--
#191,
/dev/signature: Resource temporarily unavailable

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com

In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Moshe Goldfarb
<>
wrote
on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:00:59 -0400
<>:
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:05:32 -0700, The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
>
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Moshe Goldfarb
>> <>
>> wrote
>> on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:34:00 -0400
>> <1d6rn3688sl26$.>:
>>> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 22:15:24 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>>
>>>> I don't like Seagate. They are claimed to have reliable
>>>> hard drives, but the two externals that I have from
>>>> Seagate 'disconnect' sometimes (incomplete Linux support),
>>>> which is a problem if you run backup scripts as cron jobs.
>>>
>>> And of course it's not a Linux problem.
>>
>> This is indeed a Linux driver problem. Presumably someone
>> is going to have to look into it and ascertain precisely why
>> Seagate external units disconnect from the main computer.
>>
>> Helpful specifics would of course include:
>>
>> [1] kernel version.
>> [2] Seagate model.
>> [3] other applicable circumstances e.g. heavy CPU
>> utilization, heavy drive utilization, long idle time,
>> inquisitive cat, large tri-legged attacking alien war
>> machines from the planet Mars, ...
>>
>> [rest snipped]
>>
>> --
>> #191,
>> Linux. Because life's too short for a buggy OS.
>
> So why doesn't someone tell that idiot Roy Schestowitz?

I would presume absent more data that I'm doing exactly
that. Of course Roy is not responsible for the repair of
the affected drivers -- and others have indicated that
there might be a hardware complication involved.

> It's difficult, and scary, that this rube is in a PHD program.

Which Uni?

>
> What is he studiyng?
> Rocks?
> Like the ones in his head?
>

This is getting slightly beside the point, which is the
possible repair of the Linux USB drivers. Or did you want
to bring in the Hans Reiser trial as well?

--
#191,
/dev/signature: Resource temporarily unavailable

--
Posted via a free Usenet account from http://www.teranews.com