From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Feb 18 05:57:42 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 E92AEAD4 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 05:57:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm38.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm38.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.229.31]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A4CCE1FA2 for ; Tue, 18 Feb 2014 05:57:41 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] by nm38.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Feb 2014 05:57:34 -0000 Received: from [98.138.100.103] by nm38.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Feb 2014 05:54:34 -0000 Received: from [98.137.12.188] by tm102.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Feb 2014 05:54:34 -0000 Received: from [98.137.12.209] by tm9.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Feb 2014 05:54:34 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1017.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 18 Feb 2014 05:54:34 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-4 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 824074.52402.bm@omp1017.mail.gq1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 68817 invoked by uid 60001); 18 Feb 2014 05:54:34 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s1024; t=1392702874; bh=t9lpGQ7lGEmYdN8W/B5WgXAdsch3x2jlzKrjQ5ZhFh4=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Rocket-MIMEInfo:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=y/GNk77Qp+XVf0A/8hqaxQQgE697xhhuTGH1kmiSj6BjCtOFB7aLA/OjAm7f+yLj8Sy5mcBB3LDAMdbhcZ4D3j7iGx6gBRg9veThLoeSTTcMOaDXjQUmiZUgMLFCmyVZ0cE3FSYxEeq5NDoVYbUJv1PVAacQLAREK2N3guK1tnE= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=rocketmail.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Rocket-MIMEInfo:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Reply-To:Subject:To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding; b=pTayAiWOJnqP7BdEEGNPxMs7HFMJiJJm9pndDtMjmuXGTvvWX1F+Vd6RwiRKKAvFpbd2/yK7YE/vxtvfVUfVggBnTawXWp5axmXHg92HoCsTO1GpO8geYJ9Q5ihL+u/zqDig32pUr7t1ujx5+kYXfA4nomfLPbSHbpptlOYyug4=; X-YMail-OSG: L98uNJkVM1n8acp0dWdHT1mEOQVq40oPEKDlNsG08aQZ3CB ouoIpw2jBOBJZbD90qZ79evQFMoG67libbtQOGDrdafG6JbqDU.sbG11UmB_ 9OC4WdZt6jn4nENr91jcuQvKNDu3B9L0_1lrEpyuUPbRm7NxtMKd0967jXo6 d5P7TxV4hVdiwkGMEurfjNpeP1knNfe2F.z93QZydxxmvKn.8YyPfDirsoOg 03bzdyPlxVqDbelrB9wngD8vxOrfN5CDExrCgUeUGhPUKjQZtM.UyfIZGIR3 FTKdXildbRGEOQ42nP_E.sCW_hshq5_UlqXQqMUGoUAI83MhDYgp6r6gz4aR QrgZrxzizOjI86kz71_Vl9KiGK2DFkui7rzf28A6qYIuN_ZYAtyY2BY8LLwm FSBvTcjRSjbfP5Z0xw0I.Ch08zkLZvI92ZQWacRqsx390FzYRLzm6fo2fkbv A15yFObuau4Z7cHQxRKNH62SYADhoLlE19FppEuTi8QxaT5MccqlkFnIPX43 Ajhjym8NT3vwuSezA6Tw4JTad5xQVT5gIgRNAY0H.wZBCI4XJHB_nkrkFQls - Received: from [192.70.171.13] by web164504.mail.gq1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:54:34 PST X-Rocket-MIMEInfo: 002.001, SSdtIHRyeWluZyB0byBnZXQgb2ZmIHRhcGUgZHJpdmVzIGFuZCBtb3ZlIHRvIFVTQiBkcml2ZXMgZm9yIGJhY2t1cHMsIGhvd2V2ZXIgY2lyY3Vtc3RhbmNlcyBhcmUgbWFraW5nIHRoaXMgaW1wb3NzaWJsZS4KCkRvZXMgYW55b25lIGhhdmUgYSBzdWdnZXN0aW9uIGZvciBhIGtub3duIDFUQiBleHRlcm5hbCBVU0IgZHJpdmUsIHBvd2VyZWQgCnRocm91Z2ggdGhlIFVTQiBjYWJsZSwgdGhhdCBjb25zaXN0ZW50bHkgd29ya3Mgd2l0aCBGcmVlQlNELCBhbmQgaGFzIGZvciBzb21lIHRpbWU_CgpJJ3ZlIGdvbmUBMAEBAQE- X-Mailer: YahooMailWebService/0.8.177.636 Message-ID: <1392702874.11017.YahooMailNeo@web164504.mail.gq1.yahoo.com> Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:54:34 -0800 (PST) From: Velcro Leaf Subject: consistent, functional 1TB usb drive? To: "freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-BeenThere: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list Reply-To: Velcro Leaf List-Id: FreeBSD support for USB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 05:57:42 -0000 I'm trying to get off tape drives and move to USB drives for backups, howev= er circumstances are making this impossible.=0A=0ADoes anyone have a sugges= tion for a known 1TB external USB drive, powered =0Athrough the USB cable, = that consistently works with FreeBSD, and has for some time?=0A=0AI've gone= through half a dozen models of such drives and each time I find one that w= orks properly on each of our servers, I try to buy a few more to make a com= plete cycle.=A0 Invariably, however, I can no longer purchase the same mode= l, or I can get the same model, but it is invisibly different at purchase-t= ime (eg, with new firmware that doesn't work with FreeBSD).=0A=0A=0AI've tr= ied to work through the quirks process with you guys, but it hasn't been su= ccessful, and eventually I suppose it's not considered enough of a problem = to fix, probably because in a few weeks there will be a brand new version t= hat doesn't work, in a different way.=0A=0AI know that these drives are all= tested with Windows before shipping, and that's why they work with Windows= , but is there any plan, on either the hardware or FreeBSD side of things t= o deal with this issue?=A0 I've been working on and off on the problem for = about a year, and if anything, things are getting worse.=0A=0A-Leif=0A