I have a three years old external harddrive. Actually it is just a notebook hdd which I am used to connect via usb controller. Already couple of months it is almost impossible to write on it. Write operation hangs, and that’s all. I have tested it for badblocks, on Linux and Wind, SMART also reports nothing.
Couple of days ago I was trying different filesystems on it. Reiserfs and Reiser4, ext{2-4}, XFS, with no success. What I didn’t understand, is why my hdd now works perfectly with JFS on it.
I was able to copy 70 gb movies on it, and play some of them. I also unmounted and mounted it again. Drive works suspiciously well. Wham am I doing wrong, I wonder.
und so weiter
