Debian - Loss of files from USB hard drive

[Angelica Maria]

Hello,
To recycle an old hard enough, I bought an external USB box that has a switch. I connects and disconnects with the switch. For convenience, the drive is formatted FAT32. The problem is I noticed that I regularly lose the last copied files. In fact, the file is present but zero length. If you have any solution for this then please let me know. Thanks in advance.

[Brunoz]

Hello,
Even I do have a similar kind of a problem. I'm on Lenny + KDE. I made a right click "Remove" (or remove I do not know) and AC is the same. In addition, sometimes the directory "/ media" is not deleted in disconnection. I have tried to plugin in and plug out the hard drive many times, but no use. It is just not working. Any help is appreciated. Thanks in advance.

[SoftWore]

Hello,
I had already encountered this problem by using a USB key. It was enough that I leave the key plugged in long enough after having dismantled so that files are actually written. Perhaps a story that keeps the cache files and writes until the disk drive is powered. Anyway, I had this problem in Lenny, but more in Squeeze.

[Angelica Maria]

Hello,
I tried but after leaving the hard drive started a long time after the end of the copy. I just had an error during the "umount", saying that removing the directory could not. I launched "sync" after then I turned off the drive with the switch. I went to see if the directory was still present in "/ media" and there was more. If you have any more alternate method then please let me know. Thank you for your help.

[Linux-Us]

Hello,
True, But I never said that Squeeze was more stable. Just turned my computer better. That is to say that I have no problem with random delays, the more difficult to install a package a bit exotic, and I got rid of the package. The passage should, I think, not take more than an hour, despite my Internet connection at the bottom of my campaign and the state of nullity where I was when I transition to Squeeze, I managed to use my OS after 45 minutes.

[SoftWore]

Hello,
So finally can recommend you two solutions:
1. do the experiment with sync
2. squeeze switch
The trouble is that I do not know how to do and I do not know how long it will take me.

[Solaris]

Hello,
Can I afford to squeeze out that if Lenny was as stable as it is already stable and lenny in old-stable. It MUST install apt-listbugs before making the jump to squeeze. Finally is the humble opinion of an ignorant old conservative. Towards the end of the year, maybe (if I understood correctly). And if not, I turn now Squeeze, and I had no problems with bugs. Instead, my computer works better than under Lenny.