Date: Thu, 7 Feb 2008 23:51:51 +0100 (CET) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Toomas Aas <toomas.aas@raad.tartu.ee> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB HDD recommendations for FreeBSD 6.3/amd64 ? Message-ID: <20080207235031.D97168@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <47AB82D6.70309@raad.tartu.ee> References: <47AB82D6.70309@raad.tartu.ee>
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> problem - after attaching the drive, it took 10-11 minutes for the drive to > become available as da0. In my specific situation this problem was not too > disturbing. certainly there is something wrong. it takes 2-3 second at most if drive is already spinning. > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=120321, so I won't repeat them all > here. I'll just say again that as the problem happens with two identical > drives and WD's diagnostics utility has verified one of them to be OK, I > don't believe it to be hardware failure. Also, problems started immediately > after upgrading to 6.3. > willing to try another brand of HDD. So I hope to hear what kind of USB HDDs > are you successfully using with FreeBSD 6.3. > i use USB-IDE converted set (just converter+small power supply) got for ca 10$, noname. works fine.
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