Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:13:56 -0500 (EST) From: up@3.am To: Christopher Sean Hilton <chris@vindaloo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: External USB drive kernel problems Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.44.0611271410440.61170-100000@richard2.pil.net> In-Reply-To: <1164212795.1087.12.camel@dagobah.vindaloo.com>
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On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Christopher Sean Hilton wrote: > In all likelyhood FreeBSD needs some quirk to work with the IDE bridge > chipset in your enclosure. I have noticed that the plain jane enclosures > seem to work fine but the ones with special features fail. In particular > I have an enclosure with both a disk and an SD media slot purchased from > and branded by Compusa that does not work with FreeBSD. I have also > noticed that the enclosures with a one touch backup button aren't > supported. I unfortunately do not know how to debug these enclosures. Well, it looks like we have a winner (loser, actually). This has the "1 button instant backup" feature. I didn't expect that to work, I just presumed that this sort of application was sufficiently generic that existing drivers would at least function with it. > They tend to be so cheap that I just home in on the ones that are > supported. I've noticed that the local Best Buy is carrying an Adaptec > enclosure. I have two of the 2.5" ones and they seem to work fine. > Here's a link to the 3.5" version which I assume uses that same chipset > as the 2.5" one: Would you or anyone happen to have a link to a more comprehensive list to those that are supported, or which of the required drivers I should look at for that info? Thanks again! James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor up@3.am http://3.am =========================================================================
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