[nzlug] USB HDD enclosures

[Andrew Bruce]

Damn, I was just looking at getting the X-Craft 2.5" Enclosure as I can 
get them really cheap.

Guess I'm going to have to look again :(

Andrew



Robert Coup wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I've been having some problems with a couple of new USB hard disk 
> enclosures choking and corrupting data. If I remove the ehci_hcd 
> module everything works better, but its only 11Mbit/s which isn't 
> really up to scratch. From what I can find via Google it's due to the 
> controller in the enclosure falling over when it gets data too quickly 
> - apparently linux pushes data to the device much more aggressively 
> than windows.
>
> If anyone's interested, Distro is Ubuntu Dapper, USB chipsets are 
> Intel 82801G (mobo) and Initio (enclosure), and the enclosures are 
> Cooler Master X-Craft.
>
> Does anyone have brand recommendations for enclosures that work well? 
> Preferably SATA -> USB2.
>
> Alternatively, has anyone got eSATA working under linux? Did you use a 
> special card or should onboard SATA (Intel ICH7) support it?
>
> Cheers,
>
> Rob :)
>
>
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