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Date:      Wed, 7 Apr 2004 13:04:40 -0500
From:      Dan Nelson <dnelson@allantgroup.com>
To:        Tadimeti Keshav <keshav_tadimeti@yahoo.co.uk>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: camcontrol start vs load
Message-ID:  <20040407180439.GD6715@dan.emsphone.com>
In-Reply-To: <20040407175143.26175.qmail@web25007.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>
References:  <20040407175143.26175.qmail@web25007.mail.ukl.yahoo.com>

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In the last episode (Apr 07), Tadimeti Keshav said:
> HI, 
> Is the following sequence to mount a firewire Hard
> disk correct?
> a. camcontrol devlist -v
> b. camcontrol start da0 (provided it is recognized)
> c. mount_msdosfs /dev/da0 /<my_mount_point>
> 
> Is this all needed to mount this HDD?
> 
> secondly, should I use camcontrol start or camcontrol
> load?

"start" tells the drive to spin up, so if it's already running you
don't need it.  "load" is more for things like tape drives or CD-ROMs
where you have a magazine or tray that can be loaded/ejected.

-- 
	Dan Nelson
	dnelson@allantgroup.com



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