From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Nov 8 15:16:51 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2E66316A41F for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:16:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhall@vandaliamo.net) Received: from trueband.net (director.trueband.net [216.163.120.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8F3A643D45 for ; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:16:50 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from jhall@vandaliamo.net) Received: (qmail 28750 invoked by uid 1006); 8 Nov 2005 15:16:49 -0000 Received: from jhall@vandaliamo.net by rs0 by uid 1003 with qmail-scanner-1.16 (spamassassin: 2.64. Clear:SA:0(-3.0/100.0):. Processed in 3.030042 secs); 08 Nov 2005 15:16:49 -0000 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.0 required=100.0 X-Spam-Level: Received: from unknown (HELO trueband.net) (10.75.0.10) by -v with SMTP; 8 Nov 2005 15:16:45 -0000 Received: (qmail 6014 invoked from network); 8 Nov 2005 15:13:50 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO admintool.trueband.net) (127.0.0.1) by -v with SMTP; 8 Nov 2005 15:13:50 -0000 Received: from 199.223.158.225 (SquirrelMail authenticated user jhall@vandaliamo.net) by admintool.trueband.net with HTTP; Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:13:50 -0000 (GMT) Message-ID: <1221.199.223.158.225.1131462830.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> In-Reply-To: <4370A70F.8010305@wmptl.com> References: <1758.12.170.206.13.1131435691.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> <4370A70F.8010305@wmptl.com> Date: Tue, 8 Nov 2005 15:13:50 -0000 (GMT) From: jhall@vandaliamo.net To: "Nathan Vidican" User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.4 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal Cc: jhall@vandaliamo.net, questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Hard Drive Problems 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: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 15:16:51 -0000 The actual enclosure is made by Western Digital. If I run usbdevs I receive the following output. addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel addr 1: UHCI root hub, Intel addr 1: EHCI root hub, Intel addr 2: External HDD, Western Digital I'm guessing the device would be /dev/da0s1. Thanks for your help. Jay > What type of enclosure are you using, is the actual enclosure made by > Western > Digital? We use a 'generic' enclosure with a 250GB ATA Western Digital > drive in > it - and aside from not having USB 2.0 host/speed... it works quite well. > Mounts > as /dev/da1s1d. > > -- > Nathan Vidican > nvidican@wmptl.com > Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. > http://www.wmptl.com/ > > > jhall@vandaliamo.net wrote: >> Recently, I purchased several Western Digital External Hard Drives to be >> used for backup purposes. The test unit I purchased worked out of the >> box, but I am having problems getting the newer ones to work. >> >> When they are plugged in to a FreeBSD 5.3 or 5.4 server, I receive the >> following messages: >> >> Nov 8 01:31:12 test kernel: umass0: Western Digital External HDD, rev >> 2.00/6.02 >> Nov 8 01:31:12 test kernel: uhid0: Western Digital External HDD, rev >> 2.00/6.02, addr2, iclass 8/6 >> >> This is where my confusion lies. From what I can see the hard drive is >> detected properly as a umass device, but is also detected as a human >> input >> device. And, the da device, which I think I will use to access the >> device >> is not created. >> >> If I plug my memory stick into the USB port, the memory stick is >> detected >> and I am able to access the device through da0. >> >> Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. >> >> Thanks in advance. >> >> >> >> Jay >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >> >> > >