Re: stable filesystem

Hi James, I'm no expert in these things but I wonder if it might not be caused by an electrical/USB problem rather than a filesystem one. So either a controller inside the disk, or in the caddy/enclosure, a cable, or the usb system in your server, or any intervening usb hub. Did your system crash when you physically plugged in the usb disk, or when you mounted the disk? I'm not sure how you'd rule this in or out, other than trying to reproduce the fault with a lot of plugging/unplugging, something you might not want to do if that server is of some importance. Maybe you could also try the same disk in a different caddy.