From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 4 11:39:18 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0BFBB595 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2014 11:39:18 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-bk0-x231.google.com (mail-bk0-x231.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4008:c01::231]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 917367BA for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2014 11:39:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-bk0-f49.google.com with SMTP id my13so170046bkb.36 for ; Tue, 04 Mar 2014 03:39:15 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references:reply-to :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; bh=MbLcsI168ERNvoPU4zV6ANm/KU7t2ltpL5FCiMOA9NY=; b=NbbuQOI4RL9U785GEVQwxV7ojBZCRMfMfRWB3H4BJuKeAi2vsI1voSqgeOSEva6goE iWuLr8rT8LPC6uDk24v5OdcT5TVKgppwA+/dRJGyw6cFUnxja2OgoUgdqqbcGrQ+THpK t6BEVbPQYWezLbS//jOIcBJME6+LBZZM0ljVawwZkr7P83Rywxmzc2MKd3jOTQM3MVqF w2oyC5q+TLXFihd8sO7nEDdGYH0JCH+WKv8vdYvEfcrnFpqY3h+kOXWIBPsrQWZwhNKh O9qdWoUMEdfyDbxd18y+9MPTyQxTz+CDdkMRRCuSGfuMX109gaowYBmPKjvvxBw5e55B pEbA== X-Received: by 10.205.108.137 with SMTP id ec9mr453841bkc.76.1393933155733; Tue, 04 Mar 2014 03:39:15 -0800 (PST) Received: from ernst.home (p4FCA7272.dip0.t-ipconnect.de. [79.202.114.114]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPSA id f11sm827931bkj.6.2014.03.04.03.39.13 for (version=TLSv1.2 cipher=RC4-SHA bits=128/128); Tue, 04 Mar 2014 03:39:14 -0800 (PST) Date: Tue, 4 Mar 2014 12:39:12 +0100 From: Gary Jennejohn To: Velcro Leaf Subject: Re: consistent, functional 1TB usb drive? Message-ID: <20140304123912.08829e26@ernst.home> In-Reply-To: <1393930600.85283.YahooMailBasic@web164504.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> References: <1393929992.29422.YahooMailBasic@web164502.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> <1393930600.85283.YahooMailBasic@web164504.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.9.3 (GTK+ 2.24.17; amd64-portbld-freebsd11.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: gljennjohn@gmail.com List-Id: FreeBSD support for USB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 11:39:18 -0000 On Tue, 4 Mar 2014 02:56:40 -0800 (PST) Velcro Leaf wrote: > On Tue, 3/4/14, Velcro Leaf wrote: > > On Tuesday, February 18, 2014 1:13 AM, Hans Petter Selasky wrote: > >> Are any of the USB devices you have bought so-called "USB certified", carry a USB logo and are registered by usb.org? > > Any suggestions for buying one these things to use? Anyone have an experience with one they can recommend? > > Although, I suppose the more important question is...even if > something is "USB certified", is it REALLY going to work? > > Just because it SHOULD work, WOULD it work? If all certified > means is that I theoretically could win a prolonged debate with > either FreeBSD contributors or the drive manufacturer, then it > hardly matters. Being right on the Internet is worth less than > nothing. > > I just want to buy half a dozen self-powered USB drives and > have them work with multiple architectures (i386 and amd64) > using the same recent, stable version of FreeBSD. Any advice > to help me accomplish this goal? > I have two 1TB USB3 external drives from Toshiba (laptop drives in a plastic enclosure) which work with both FreeBSD and Windows7. Since they're USB3 there's no problem with powering them. Transfer rates on the order of 90 MB/s. Here's what's on the sticker: www.toshibastorage.com v63700-C 1TB P/N: HDTB110EK3BA Don't know whether these are still available. Seems to me I bought them cheap on eBay or amazon. -- Gary Jennejohn