X-Recipient: archive-cygwin AT delorie DOT com X-Spam-Check-By: sourceware.org Date: Tue, 13 Nov 2007 18:11:34 +0100 From: Thomas Baker To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Subject: Re: Reliable old script loses data on new Cygwin installation Message-ID: <20071113171134.GE2096@sub-tombaker> References: <20071111173033 DOT GA2360 AT sub-tombaker> <20071112090628 DOT GA3792 AT sub-tombaker> <4e41f5c20711121838w1aa0fc9bhc1197c62885eb8fc AT mail DOT gmail DOT com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i X-IsSubscribed: yes Mailing-List: contact cygwin-help AT cygwin DOT com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: cygwin-owner AT cygwin DOT com Mail-Followup-To: cygwin AT cygwin DOT com Delivered-To: mailing list cygwin AT cygwin DOT com On Tue, Nov 13, 2007 at 09:58:31AM -0500, Robert Pendell wrote: > One other thing I wanted to add to this was make sure the drives are not > overheating. Some drives will actually shut down or begin to act > erratically if they get too hot. I discovered this when doing work with > my external drive (notebook ide using usb adapter). > > P.S. - The reason for this issue was because I had the drive near an > exhaust vent for my laptop -- mistake :( It is normally fast enough to > handle high speed burns or file transfers as necessary. Thank you for the suggestion, but little script does its work in 30 seconds or so, so the problem is occurring when the computer has been moving a few little files around for just a few minutes at most. Tom Baker -- Tom Baker - tbaker AT tbaker DOT de - baker AT sub DOT uni-goettingen DOT de -- Unsubscribe info: http://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple Problem reports: http://cygwin.com/problems.html Documentation: http://cygwin.com/docs.html FAQ: http://cygwin.com/faq/