Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2020 21:54:20 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf-mardorf@riseup.net> To: freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: usb harddisk not working Message-ID: <20201121215420.3f14f459@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <20201121214216.2c46a95a@archlinux> References: <b677a42e-a351-7fd5-24e8-770b251d6ba5@arcor.de> <20201121204425.86d9c6b1.freebsd@edvax.de> <20201121214216.2c46a95a@archlinux>
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On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 21:42:16 +0100, Ralf Mardorf wrote: >On Sat, 21 Nov 2020 20:44:25 +0100, Polytropon wrote: >>So when in doubt, manually run fsck on the device. > >I "only" need to run fsck for an external drive's hfs+ partition used >to share data between an iPad and a Linux PC. Without running fsck I >get IO errors as if the drive is broken. I never made this experience >with other file systems or when using hfs+ with just one operating >system. Oops, I didn't finish the mail. What I want to point out is, that if the ufs partition is used with FreeBSD and no other operating system, but unclean, then probably something similar to a power loss happened, probably something caused by the USB controller's firmware.
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