On Thu, Aug 19, 2010 at 3:24 AM, Patrick O'Callaghan <pocallaghan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > It's also a practical necessity when you're interested in portability. I > copy lots of large video files to my 8GB Kingston because I can just > plug it into my DVD player -- which only groks VFAT -- and watch them on > by plasma TV (some day I hope to spring for one of those network media > switch boxes and save myself the hassle :-). That's cool. > However I do see an occasional problem: after a week or two of heavy use > you can suddenly find that copying a file will just sit there for many > hours with the pendrive light blinking (iotop shows it copying a few > bytes at a time, or none). The only fix is to completely reformat the > drive. I don't know if this is a problem with the flash memory's > peculiar mode of operation, with the Kingston model in particular, or > with VFAT fragmentation, but it's a pain when it happens. Yes, I become unhappy when you see that your favorite videos have been lost :-( > IOW, be very careful using these things for important data, and always > keep a backup on your HD. That is for sure to be done because now I am 100% assured and always would recommend one to have the back-up in the hard-disk if you are copying some important files to the pen-drive or your videos (which you like most), which could eventually be lost! -- Regards, Parshwa Murdia -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines
