On Sat, Dec 29, 2007 at 09:03:49PM -0500, Dave Sorg wrote: > I have a 1TB hard drive in an external box. When I use USB 2.0 to write to it, > I eventually get read/write errors. When I use USB 1, I don't. > > I know that my drive has a reported speed of 7200 rpm, but that it is > generally advised to only run at 5400 rpm, and I believe that this is the > problem. My question is: how do I set it up to use USB 2.0 at 5400 rpm?
That is almost certainly drive-specific. Check the manual for your specific model, search Google, and if that doesn't help try posting back. Joachim -- PotD: editors/xemacs21-sumo - complete set of supported XEmacs packages