usb 2.0 external hard drive stuck

[Edward]

zelcor wrote:

> Fritz Whittington wrote:
> 
>> The code is in the current 2.6.8 sources, but there is always the 
>> possibility that the test for Genesys is failing due to some minor 
>> changes in what the chipset reports.  I would try hard-coding the 
>> limit at 120 (60 KB), and commenting out the test, just to see if that 
>> works.
> 
> 
> It didn't work better.
> I also tried to make the usb HD work on my laptop (same FC and kernel 
> releases) and the copy of a 700 MB file succeeded in 75 seconds, without 
> modifying the kernel.
> Could the problem come from my motherboard with FC2 (south bridge is SiS 
> 963L) ?

All I can say it won't be the first time I've seen problems with SiS 
chipsets and USB.

But then, I've also had plenty with VIA (USB & IDE problems).

As a general rule here (computer sales and repairs shop), we try to only 
do Intel now. We haven't had any problems ever with any of those boards.

Regards,
Ed.