From owner-freebsd-stable Sat Nov 18 2: 9:15 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (adsl-63-202-177-210.dsl.snfc21.pacbell.net [63.202.177.210]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8651537B479 for ; Sat, 18 Nov 2000 02:09:13 -0800 (PST) Received: from mass.osd.bsdi.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mass.osd.bsdi.com (8.11.0/8.11.1) with ESMTP id eAIAG2F01884; Sat, 18 Nov 2000 02:16:03 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from msmith@mass.osd.bsdi.com) Message-Id: <200011181016.eAIAG2F01884@mass.osd.bsdi.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.1.1 10/15/1999 To: gramster@bigfoot.com Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Accessing IDE HDD via USB In-reply-to: Your message of "Sat, 18 Nov 2000 10:56:29 +0200." <200011180856.KAA21490@wheelerz.mweb.co.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Sat, 18 Nov 2000 02:16:02 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > Hi all > > I have recently bought a IDE HDD casing which has a USB interface. This > comes with Windows drivers which allow me to see the first partition > (FAT 32 C: drive) as a normal drive. However, I can't see the extended > partition, or, of course, the FreeBSD partition. > > Are then any plans in the works to support this kind of hardware under > FreeBSD? It would be great if FreeBSD supported this, and also allowed > all the partitions of various types to be accessed and mounted. > > FYI the casing is made by a company called Datafab (www.datafab.com), and > has an ASIC chip with their name on it inside. If you're lucky, it'll Just Work; if not, chances are fairly good that it's still standards-compliant. You should talk to Nick Hibma (who may not be listening here - n_hibma@freebsd.org) to see what he thinks you should try next. -- ... every activity meets with opposition, everyone who acts has his rivals and unfortunately opponents also. But not because people want to be opponents, rather because the tasks and relationships force people to take different points of view. [Dr. Fritz Todt] V I C T O R Y N O T V E N G E A N C E To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message