From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Sep 28 01:56:27 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9293B106566B for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:56:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from email2.allantgroup.com (email2.emsphone.com [199.67.51.116]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 589948FC0C for ; Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:56:26 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (dan.emsphone.com [199.67.51.101]) by email2.allantgroup.com (8.14.0/8.14.0) with ESMTP id n8S1uQAG040830 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:56:26 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: from dan.emsphone.com (smmsp@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dan.emsphone.com (8.14.3/8.14.3) with ESMTP id n8S1uPU3055025 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO) for ; Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:56:26 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan@dan.emsphone.com) Received: (from dan@localhost) by dan.emsphone.com (8.14.3/8.14.3/Submit) id n8S1uPKC055021; Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:56:25 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from dan) Date: Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:56:25 -0500 From: Dan Nelson To: Chris Whitehouse Message-ID: <20090928015625.GK29215@dan.emsphone.com> References: <4ABDFAE5.2090505@onetel.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <4ABDFAE5.2090505@onetel.com> X-OS: FreeBSD 7.2-STABLE User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.20 (2009-06-14) X-Virus-Scanned: ClamAV version 0.94.2, clamav-milter version 0.94.2 on email2.allantgroup.com X-Virus-Status: Clean X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0.2 (email2.allantgroup.com [199.67.51.78]); Sun, 27 Sep 2009 20:56:26 -0500 (CDT) X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.45 Cc: User Questions Subject: Re: lacie external hard drive supported? 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: Mon, 28 Sep 2009 01:56:27 -0000 In the last episode (Sep 26), Chris Whitehouse said: > Hi all > > Does anyone have experience of a LaCie Hard Disk, Design by Neil Poulton > eSATA, FireWire 400 & Hi-Speed USB 2.0 1TB ? > > http://www.lacie.com/uk/products/product.htm?pid=11064 > > Are all the interfaces supported? The data sheet says it is supported > under Linux. Does that mean it is safe to assume it is under FreeBSD? In general, you can assume that any SATA/SAS/firewire/usb hard drive will be supported. The only thing that might not be supported is RAID array management for the more expensive external units (you'll still be able to acess the data though). -- Dan Nelson dnelson@allantgroup.com