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linux-source-2.6.22 package

  1. Bug #61235
  2. Comment #117

Comment 117 for bug 61235

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Nigel Pugh (nigel-pugh) wrote :

Using Seagate FreeAgent Go 500Gb drive, unable to perform sustained data transfer.

Can confirm this issue is still in Karmic:
Linux nigel-laptop 2.6.31-9-generic #29-Ubuntu SMP Sun Aug 30 17:39:23 UTC 2009 i686 GNU/Linux

As mentioned above, this:

echo 1024 > /sys/block/sdb/device/max_sectors

was required to get the drive working reliably.