In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Moshe Goldfarb
<brick.n.straw@xxxxxxxxx>
wrote
on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:00:59 -0400
<1pdz0hstfq9w8.1p175wah2g4j6.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 17:05:32 -0700, The Ghost In The Machine wrote:
>
>> In comp.os.linux.advocacy, Moshe Goldfarb
>> <brick.n.straw@xxxxxxxxx>
>> wrote
>> on Wed, 16 Apr 2008 19:34:00 -0400
>> <1d6rn3688sl26$.1v9cyot3mqifn.dlg@xxxxxxxxxx>:
>>> 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]
>>
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>> #191, ewill3@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> 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?
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