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Date:      Sat, 8 Aug 2015 22:58:26 -0700
From:      Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com>
To:        Paul Mather <freebsd-lists@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
Cc:        freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Adam McDougall <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu>
Subject:   Re: 4TB Western Digital My Book 1230 USB hard drive not working on 10.2
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Should give someone a clue, something in the usb code that 10.2 didn't get
perhaps...

Thanks,

Jack


On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Paul Mather <
freebsd-lists@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> wrote:

> On Aug 3, 2015, at 2:15 PM, Paul Mather <freebsd-lists@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
> wrote:
>
> > On Aug 3, 2015, at 12:17 PM, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote:
> >>
> >> Have you tried it on HEAD, and have you tried it on the same system
> with some
> >> recent flavor of Linux?
> >
> > No, and no.  It's a good idea, though.  I can try it this weekend, if I
> can run each OS via a USB memstick.
>
>
> Just to follow up on myself, I tried this external USB drive on a
> 20150804-r286285 snapshot of FreeBSD/amd64 11-CURRENT on the same system,
> as well as under Ubuntu 15.04.
>
> The 4 TB Western Digital My Book 1230 works under both those operating
> systems.
>
> The drive is detected and works reliably when plugged in to a USB 2 port
> on either 11-CURRENT or Ubuntu 15.04.  It also works reliably when plugged
> in to a USB 3 port on either OS, however, it isn't always detected reliably
> under FreeBSD 11-CURRENT when unplugged and plugged in again (2 times out
> of 3 attempts), but was detected every time without fail under Ubuntu 15.04.
>
> So, it appears the hardware is okay; it seems the problem may lie with
> FreeBSD 10.2.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Paul.
>
>
> >
> > With this being such a commonplace drive, I'd hoped someone might pipe
> up and say something along the lines of, "oh, you have to add USB quirk XYZ
> to get that model working under FreeBSD."  No such luck, it seems.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > Paul.
> >
> >>
> >>
> >> Jack
> >>
> >>
> >> On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Paul Mather <
> freebsd-lists@gromit.dlib.vt.edu <mailto:freebsd-lists@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>>
> wrote:
> >> On Aug 3, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Alban Hertroys <haramrae@gmail.com
> <mailto:haramrae@gmail.com>> wrote:
> >>
> >>> On 3 August 2015 at 15:01, Paul Mather <
> freebsd-lists@gromit.dlib.vt.edu <mailto:freebsd-lists@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>>
> wrote:
> >>>> On Aug 2, 2015, at 9:34 PM, Adam McDougall <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu
> <mailto:mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu>> wrote:
> >>>>
> >>>>> On 08/02/2015 21:22, Paul Mather wrote:
> >>>>>> I have a 4TB external USB drive (Western Digital My Book 1230) that
> I am trying to use under FreeBSD/amd64 10.2 (10.2-PRERELEASE #0 r286052:
> Wed Jul 29 20:59:39 EDT 2015).  This system has a MSI 760GMA-P34 (FX)
> motherboard.
> >>>>>>
> >>>>>> The drive probes unreliably when plugged in to a USB 3 port.  It
> reliably probes when plugged into a USB 2 port.  However, it works in
> neither cases.  Attempting to dd from the drive results in a "dd: /dev/da0:
> Invalid argument".
> >>>
> >>> FYI: I had been experiencing the same with a 2 TB WD MyBook on OS X
> >>> (Mavericks). The drive was being used for Time Machine backups, but it
> >>> would at irregular intervals it would just 'disconnect' itself. My
> >>> guess is that there's a firmware problem in the USB3 chip in those
> >>> drives.
> >>>
> >>> After trying to get the issue fixed for almost half a year I returned
> >>> it and replaced it by a Seagate, which has been working flawlessly
> >>> ever since.
> >>>
> >>> I'm just saying, perhaps the problem isn't with FreeBSD but with the
> drive.
> >>
> >>
> >> I'd love just to get to the "randomly disconnects" stage under FreeBSD
> at this point. :-)
> >>
> >> Up to now, I have been unable to read ANY data off the drive under
> FreeBSD, either via USB 2 or USB 3. :-(
> >>
> >> However, you have given me something to think about: does anyone know
> of a 4 TB USB 2 or 3 drive that will work reliably under FreeBSD 10-STABLE
> right now?
> >>
> >> Cheers,
> >>
> >> Paul.
> >>
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