Re: USB Disk problems

2007-10-22 Thread Edwards, David (JTS)
> -Original Message- > From: Tilo Stritzky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, 23 October 2007 3:07 AM > To: Edwards, David (JTS) > Cc: misc@openbsd.org > Subject: Re: USB Disk problems > > On 18/10/07 10:28 Edwards, David (JTS) wrote: > > Hi, >

Re: USB Disk problems

2007-10-22 Thread Tilo Stritzky
On 18/10/07 10:28 Edwards, David (JTS) wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to use USB disks as backup devices and I'm finding that I > have problems when I plug in more than two USB drives. I'm using 250G > laptop disks powered from the USB cable. > > Is anyone else seeing this sort of problem? Would

Re: USB Disk problems

2007-10-21 Thread Edwards, David (JTS)
> -Original Message- > From: Mark Carlson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, 20 October 2007 1:35 AM > To: misc@openbsd.org > Cc: Edwards, David (JTS) > Subject: Re: USB Disk problems > > On 10/17/07, Steve Shockley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

Re: USB Disk problems

2007-10-19 Thread Mark Carlson
On 10/17/07, Steve Shockley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Edwards, David (JTS) wrote: > > I'm using 250G laptop disks powered from the USB cable. > > Maybe you're hitting the limit of the USB power output? Agreed. Use two separate full-power USB ports (i.e. neither port shares any of each other's

Re: USB Disk problems

2007-10-17 Thread James Hartley
On 10/17/07, Steve Shockley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Edwards, David (JTS) wrote: > > I'm using 250G laptop disks powered from the USB cable. > > Maybe you're hitting the limit of the USB power output? Anecdotally, I have a laptop IDE drive enclosure with a USB interface, & the supplied cable h

Re: USB Disk problems

2007-10-17 Thread Steve Shockley
Edwards, David (JTS) wrote: I'm using 250G laptop disks powered from the USB cable. Maybe you're hitting the limit of the USB power output?

USB Disk problems

2007-10-17 Thread Edwards, David (JTS)
Hi, I'm trying to use USB disks as backup devices and I'm finding that I have problems when I plug in more than two USB drives. I'm using 250G laptop disks powered from the USB cable. Is anyone else seeing this sort of problem? Would an upgrade to 4.2 help? The first two always seem to work fi