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Date:      Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:01:13 -0800
From:      Robert <traveling08@cox.net>
To:        Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
Cc:        freebsd-stable@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: (MORE INFO) Ext firewire drive not mounted after update
Message-ID:  <20091116110113.534c423c@hp>
In-Reply-To: <20091115174718.GA89004@dan.emsphone.com>
References:  <20091113130147.744521d7@asus64> <20091113145015.647955b9@asus64> <20091113231539.GN89052@dan.emsphone.com> <20091113161220.18454229@hp> <20091115174718.GA89004@dan.emsphone.com>

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On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:47:20 -0600
Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com> wrote:


> > I can continue to operate my drive on USB but I may need firewire
> > in the near future.  I have a friend who is a photographer and I
> > archive her photos for her.  She sends me an external drive or two
> > and I burn her projects onto DVD.  I am not sure if her drives have
> > an USB connector.
> 
> Note that you can still run "kldload sbp" after bootup to see fireware
> disks.  You can also try adding "device sbp" back to your kernel
> config and see if it works for you.  The hangs apparently only happen
> on certain motherboards.
> 
Dan

Last week I added sbp_load to /boot/loader.conf, reconnected the
firewire cable to the external drive and rebooted.

All is working fine.

Thanks

Robert



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