From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu May 29 20:49:09 2008 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 B465F1065673 for ; Thu, 29 May 2008 20:49:09 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parish@magichamster.com) Received: from jedburgh.just4dns.com (jedburgh.just4dns.com [78.129.134.130]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 27B038FC20 for ; Thu, 29 May 2008 20:49:08 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from parish@magichamster.com) Received: from [86.153.243.228] (helo=movens.plus.com) by jedburgh.just4dns.com with esmtp (Exim 4.68) (envelope-from ) id 1K1p3H-0001bx-Hq for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Thu, 29 May 2008 21:48:47 +0100 Received: from [10.10.1.4] (redshift [10.10.1.4]) by postbag.localdomain (Postfix) with ESMTP id E2A951CC59 for ; Thu, 29 May 2008 21:49:01 +0100 (BST) Message-ID: <483F16B9.9050100@magichamster.com> Date: Thu, 29 May 2008 21:48:57 +0100 From: Mark Ovens User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.14 (X11/20080524) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Fuzioned-MailScanner-Information: Please contact the ISP for more information X-MailScanner-ID: 1K1p3H-0001bx-Hq X-Fuzioned-MailScanner: Not scanned: please contact your Internet E-Mail Service Provider for details X-Fuzioned-MailScanner-SpamCheck: X-Fuzioned-MailScanner-From: parish@magichamster.com X-Spam-Status: No X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - jedburgh.just4dns.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - magichamster.com X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: External USB disk won't mount 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: Thu, 29 May 2008 20:49:09 -0000 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