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From: Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com>
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] flash drive mounting is very slow
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 18:04:51
Message-Id: 201102201803.43924.michaelkintzios@gmail.com
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] flash drive mounting is very slow by Neil Bothwick
1 On Sunday 20 February 2011 17:44:58 Neil Bothwick wrote:
2 > On Sun, 20 Feb 2011 10:33:52 -0500, David Relson wrote:
3 > > As background information, in /etc/udev/rules.d/10-local.rules is:
4 > > KERNEL=="sd*1", ATTRS{manufacturer}=="PNY", SYMLINK+="PNY",
5 > >
6 > > RUN+="/bin/mount -a"
7 > >
8 > > and in /etc/fstab is:
9 > > /dev/PNY /mnt/pny vfat rw,nosuid,auto 0 0
10 >
11 > Could the delay be caused by something else is fstab trying to mount
12 > and failing? Try with mount /dev/PNY instead of mount -a.
13 >
14 > Even better use pmount /dev/PNY.
15 >
16 > Either way, you should run the command with & because udev blocks while
17 > running commands.
18
19 To state the obvious ... have you tried it on a different USB port, a
20 different PC and finally a different OS?
21
22 I've had a USB stick failing recently and there was a mechanical (contact)
23 problem. So a process of elimination would at least do away with physical
24 level problems and indirectly confirm if there is something wrong with your
25 system.
26 --
27 Regards,
28 Mick

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Re: [gentoo-user] flash drive mounting is very slow David Relson <relson@×××××××××××××.com>