> I really experienced this, too, when I tested your March 24, 2010 9atom.iso. > I replaced the devusb.c etc under /sys/src/9/pc and all the files under > /sys/src/cmd/usb > by those in the formal distribution plan9.iso's ones. Then, the usb disk > problem went away.
ah, thanks for the report. i do have something in there to manage ehci bios handoff, which has been known to go south. (but on some machines, ehci doesn't work without it!) i'll take another look. - erik