On Thu, May 29, 2014 at 07:12:24AM -0500, Johnny Hughes wrote: > On 05/28/2014 10:52 PM, Fred Smith wrote: > > I didn't do that, but what I did do was download a nightly build > > for Fedora 21, a live CD image, burn it to a disc and boot that. > > One would think it has a recent kernel (I neglected to look while > > it was running to find out what kernel it was). > > > > so I ran a bunch of commands to copy stuff to and from it, and > > while it took a few minutes, it also failed in more or less the same > > way. I'd guess that means that whatever the bug is, it's not fixed > > in Linux, yet. > > > > :( :( :( > > > > So, do you have any other external USB 3 drives laying around to test with? > > It would be good to test if this is a problem with more than just the > one external RAID box that you are using. > > How long does this usually take to get the error and what kind of writes > access does it take to cause it to fail .. I have 2 of those exact > boards in production and a USB3 drive I can plug in and test. I would > like to know if this is specific to individual drives or an overall USB3 > problem as I recommend those boards to people now. > Johnny, check out this bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1096572 where comment #10 reports that someone upstream has been working on this bug and is thought to have a fix. If that is in fact the cause of my problem, one could wish that it would eventually get backported into EL6 and ultimiately Centos.... -- ---- Fred Smith -- fredex at fcshome.stoneham.ma.us ----------------------------- The Lord detests the way of the wicked but he loves those who pursue righteousness. ----------------------------- Proverbs 15:9 (niv) -----------------------------