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Date:      Thu, 29 May 2008 21:48:57 +0100
From:      Mark Ovens <parish@magichamster.com>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: External USB disk won't mount
Message-ID:  <483F16B9.9050100@magichamster.com>
In-Reply-To: <FF8482A96323694490C194BABEAC24A002CB50C3@Email.cbord.com>
References:  <483DA3FA.9030404@magichamster.com>	<20080528192227.GB78305@slackbox.xs4all.nl>	<483DB493.3060901@magichamster.com>	<20080528201133.GA79784@slackbox.xs4all.nl><483E8DCD.9030204@magichamster.com>	<483EA159.1050806@magichamster.com> <FF8482A96323694490C194BABEAC24A002CB50C3@Email.cbord.com>

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Bob McConnell wrote:
> From: Mark Ovens
> 
>> If anyone can tell me how to debug this to try to get to the cause so
> a 
>> fix can be found then I'm happy to spend the time doing so.
> 
> Unless you are already familiar with the drivers and the bus itself, or
> want to learn more about it than anyone should ever need to know, it is
> not likely to be a productive use of your time.

Hehe, yes, I kind of guessed the answer would be something like that.

Oh well, never mind. I bought it off FleaBay and it did say Windows/Mac 
but I figured something as basic as a ATA->USB bridge should be OS 
agnostic - to be fair it is, as it sees the disk and creates devices for 
it, it's just that the USB interface is not standards-compliant.

I fired up the Mandriva Linux Live CD and tried it. Linux found the 
disk, created devices for it - then did a USB reset and the devices 
disappeared.

Might have a word at work and see if they'll swap it with the one I 
borrowed that does work.

Thanks for your help guys.

Regards,

Mark



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