13 Mar
2016
13 Mar
'16
12:52 a.m.
Glenn McIntosh via luv-main <luv-main@luv.asn.au> writes:
If a file/directory on the USB drive is open and the drive temporarily loses power, then it will get assigned a new dev name when it is detected again.
Doesn't have to be a power failure, could just be a random failure to communicate properly, which causes Linux to mark it as offline and online again. Don't trust USB in general, e.g. have a Microsoft USB camera device that caused random boot failures (while booting Linux kernel and at BIOS screen system would hang); on my laptop computer one of my USB ports seems completely dead - no power or anything (probably should try to chase up the warranty for this...) -- Brian May <brian@linuxpenguins.xyz> https://linuxpenguins.xyz/brian/