I'm very pleased, DSL helped me to save my files

Forum: User Feedback
Topic: I'm very pleased, DSL helped me to save my files
started by: vilde

Posted by vilde on Jan. 26 2005,12:54

I have had a lot of troubles using my Maxtor USB 2 harddisk and after a failed partition work by Partition magik 8 I couldn't reach my files on the Maxtor disk, not with any Windows or Mandrake and Xandros linux either. So I booted up with DSL and I could imideately mount both partitions on the Maxtor disk and safely transfer the files to my harddisks. I used a computer with usb2-pci card but I only got the usb1 speed. I seems that DSL doesn't support usb2-pci-cards (I have tryed with two differnt ones) for high speed transfers but anyway DSL saved my files. Thank you for that.

Posted by cbagger01 on Jan. 27 2005,10:19

If you want to use USB2 speed, do this:

Disconnect your USB device.
Open an xterminal window and type:

sudo su
modprobe ehci-hcd
exit
exit

And then reconnect your USB device.

You can also boot with the DSL "USB boot floppy". It loads the driver by default.

Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Jan. 27 2005,15:01

Wow, even I didn't know this!

Now it won't take a hour to put movies 'n' junk on my ogg (not mp3

) player!

-J.P.

Posted by ke4nt1 on Jan. 27 2005,16:31

Once Again,
we are all simply ' jawdropped ' by the command and prowess
of the one known as cbagger01..

Thanks,
73
ke4nt

Posted by clivesay on Jan. 27 2005,16:51

Hmm. Any reason why this module is not loaded by default? Seems that would be a good idea seeing how many USB toting people we have around here now.

I guess maybe it's due to the thought of old machine capatabilities (1.1). Makes sense.

We need to get a photo of CB so we can erect a statue or something!

Chris

ps. ke4nt - I almost forgot..... Bookmark

Posted by cbagger01 on Jan. 27 2005,17:37

So did the modprobe work?

Some devices require you to rmmod the associated usb driver (like the backpack microsolutions USB CD-RW drives) before doing the USB2 modprobe command.

Why?

Because the driver gets attached to the usb1.1 device driver and then refuses to recognize the USB2 driver.

However, standard USB Mass Storage devices should work just fine.

You can check the status by running the usbview myDSL extension in the repository.

My guess as to why this driver is not autoloaded is that it is still relatively new and may cause problems with some rare strange USB controllers or devices. So it is safer to not autoload it by default.

However, the DSL USB boot floppy will autoload it so that is one way to get there without playing the unplug-modprobe-replug game.

Posted by linux_gal on Jan. 28 2005,23:04

HEY- I want a pink icon!

DSL has saved my system a number of times.
I used it to copy the entire windows partition
to a directory. Add the partition sector and the MBR to it.
I copied it to a CD, and the next crash took 3 minutes to
recover from. AWESOME! Thank you DSL - guys.

Posted by clivesay on Jan. 28 2005,23:30

Great to have a dsl_gal. Welcome to DSL!

Chris

Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Jan. 28 2005,23:48

CL, your pronouncing it wrong again.

Let me try it.

Welcome to the Revolution!!!

...yes, I think that's better.

-J.P.

Posted by AwPhuch on Jan. 31 2005,22:45

Quote (SaidinUnleashed @ Jan. 28 2005,18:48)

CL, your pronouncing it wrong again.

Let me try it.

Welcome to the Revolution!!!

...yes, I think that's better.

-J.P.

I'm so proud

Brian
AwPhuch

Posted by linux_gal on Feb. 03 2005,00:51

Now that I've loaded the DSL to the hard drive, do I need to
reload while online? or just get online with it somehow? Is there a
tool to change microsoft doc files to ....anything. What about HTML?
My files are saved, sure, but now I'd like to make a bigger shift -
to maybe all Linux... (arg! Old hardware.)

Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Feb. 03 2005,01:16

You can open M$ doc files with Abiword, or OpenOffice.org.

We have a few wysiwyg html editors in the repository, but I haven't used them personally.

As for "getting online", if you have a broadband connection, you should already be online. Especially if the connection hooks into a router, etc.

If dialup.... Well, let's hope you aren't using dialup. Winmodems suck.

-J.P.

Posted by linux_gal on Feb. 03 2005,01:32

Oh, I hate that word. Clean up your language!
Never use "win" in front of "modem"! They took all the guts out and made
the CPU do the work. THAT IS NOT A MODEM... It's that other word.
FYI:
I have DSL burned on a mini CD. I can carry it in my pocket. I have access
to broadband, but I work off-line usually.

Posted by SaidinUnleashed on Feb. 03 2005,02:19

^_^ woman after my own heart. (forgive the phrase, if you need to)

I have been known to scream at people that they don't have modem when they complain to me that their "modemz" don't work.

They aren't hardware! THEY'RE SOFTWARE IN DISGUISE!!!

Anyways, DSL has a DHCP client, so if your netework supports dhcp, you are connected as soon as it's booted.

If it doesn't support dhcp, you can use the netcardconfig util in the control panel to set up the net connection manually. Easy.

-J.P.

Posted by aveline on Feb. 18 2005,04:17

off topic but hi linux_gal. Might not be obvious but I'm in the high-estrogen count category too. :P Nice to see another woman on a forum like this sometimes cus I'm so used to bein outnumbered by guys hehe.

aveline