I may have found the (hardware) problem. For an unrelated reason I
moved the disk to a different USB port on the same computer. My script
has now been running for quite a while and written about 90 Gb of data
with (so far) no problem.
The new disk is USB 3.0 (2.0 compatible) but the computer is US
Hi Shlomo,
On Fri, 12 Oct 2012 09:52:47 +0200
Shlomo Solomon wrote:
> short version:
> I have a new USB external drive. The script I used on my old disk
> crashes randomly after the disk mysteriously becomes read-only.
> Re-mounting solves the problem. I suspect a hardware problem, but
> can't
Hi Shlomo,
On Fri, Oct 12, 2012 at 09:52:47AM +0200, Shlomo Solomon wrote:
> As I wrote above, I suspect a hardware problem, but on the other hand,
> if that's the case, why does re-mounting solve the problem? In any
> case, I don't believe that BUG or LaCie will help me, as soon as they
> hear I
short version:
I have a new USB external drive. The script I used on my old disk
crashes randomly after the disk mysteriously becomes read-only.
Re-mounting solves the problem. I suspect a hardware problem, but can't
prove it and I'm sure if I go to BUG with the disk they'll say "It
doesn't suppor
