From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 18 20:25:09 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id F1A40106564A for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:25:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from david@skytracker.ca) Received: from 3s1.com (3s1.com [209.161.205.12]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4CD858FC0A for ; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:25:08 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.1.20] (twenty [192.168.1.20]) (authenticated bits=0) by 3s1.com (8.14.4/8.14.4) with ESMTP id p5IKDGS5094521; Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:13:16 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from david@skytracker.ca) Message-ID: <4DFD06D4.6010600@skytracker.ca> Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 16:13:08 -0400 From: David Banning User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; en-US; rv:1.9.2.17) Gecko/20110414 Thunderbird/3.1.10 MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Bernt Hansson References: <20110618185359.GA92347@skytracker.ca> <4DFD0120.4020500@bah.homeip.net> In-Reply-To: <4DFD0120.4020500@bah.homeip.net> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mounting a hard drive via usb - solved X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 18 Jun 2011 20:25:10 -0000 As it turns out - my usb adapter was defective. Once I used an operational adapter all the devices appeared and the disk works like a charm! Thanks for your input. On 6/18/2011 3:48 PM, Bernt Hansson wrote: > 2011-06-18 20:53, David Banning skrev: >> I am attempting to clone a drive by connecting the prospective "copy" >> drive via usb. I've just recently upgraded to FBSD 8.2 >> >> Here is what I get when I insert the drive; >> >> Jun 18 14:36:29 3s1 kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 >> lun 0 >> Jun 18 14:36:29 3s1 kernel: da0:< > Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device >> Jun 18 14:36:29 3s1 kernel: da0: 40.000MB/s transfers >> Jun 18 14:36:29 3s1 kernel: da0: Attempt to query device size failed: >> NOT READY, Medium not present >> Jun 18 14:36:29 3s1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ >> CAPACITY(10). CDB: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 >> Jun 18 14:36:29 3s1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM status: SCSI >> Status Error >> Jun 18 14:36:29 3s1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI status: >> Check Condition >> Jun 18 14:36:29 3s1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI sense: NOT >> READY asc:3a,0 (Medium not present) >> Jun 18 14:36:29 3s1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ >> CAPACITY(10). CDB: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 >> Jun 18 14:36:29 3s1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM status: SCSI >> Status Error >> Jun 18 14:36:29 3s1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI status: >> Check Condition >> Jun 18 14:36:29 3s1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI sense: NOT >> READY asc:3a,0 (Medium not present) >> >> I notice that the /dev/da0s1.. entries are gone now from my /dev >> directly >> (maybe this is part of the upgrade to 8.2) so all I have in /dev is >> /dev/da0 >> >> My first thought was using MAKEDEV but that is redundant now I >> understand. >> >> I also read that mounting drives via usb have to be done with the -a >> msdosfs >> option because they are seen as SCSI drives. > > Not really. I do something like mount -t /dev/da0 /mnt > Then I'll check /dev/da* and viola there is /dev/da0sX, you get an error > when trying to mount /dev/da0 "Device not configured" > > I'm running FreeBSD 8.2-STABLE #0: > >> Wondering how I would go about mounting this drive - right now it's >> an old >> FreeBSD drive which I just want to wipe. >