From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Mar 4 15:40:36 2014 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [8.8.178.115]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ADH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F052EEA8 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2014 15:40:35 +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 B09AA3B9 for ; Tue, 4 Mar 2014 15:40:35 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] by nm38.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Mar 2014 15:40:28 -0000 Received: from [98.138.100.116] by nm38.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Mar 2014 15:37:35 -0000 Received: from [98.137.12.189] by tm107.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Mar 2014 15:37:35 -0000 Received: from [216.39.60.206] by tm10.bullet.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Mar 2014 15:37:35 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1093.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 04 Mar 2014 15:37:35 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-4 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 324900.12680.bm@omp1093.mail.gq1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 57892 invoked by uid 60001); 4 Mar 2014 15:37:35 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s1024; t=1393947454; bh=dsd4OGhG4/a1r85Xn3BK/vivUwREKvSvpv5xX79PkgQ=; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:X-Rocket-MIMEInfo:X-Mailer:Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=xr4BRiFLwepBzbinIazBwfjPKtUdCfNA1CjDKyv4kk2vEf25uyk12lssz7HM8jzHBXM8NQhNxiyrjz/5kHpXywbASQTd30ww1cGZO16Bd4Nigzmpj+WD0Pz79q4jNsSuwXOBRCK7YudFChXakAp8paAl2HkcTt9AEiBk1qLeV3Q= 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:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=JuoF654uzWPwz6fFLX550m99U83nJA0wK9vACUldLXB5iRiFKi8OkhJSYRWs48KPl7bKxXriOKC0qAYQcCvguB1/jR35X1Z4mx8umICNrn/CJGXjqJ5WLgS0cR5TM4B+F4Zc1b4oEiAc3bLAlwQURA2a5zoADw7x3gTt4iZ85pU=; X-YMail-OSG: JeloTvMVM1nAj9iivdWbfqipQxS9AM17PBFeqEmr1imdkDB Xo1yYzubLuNeyFCwTehTMkQxFEoNdN.hIcaPf2C4racHcO6wqDlJaDXw808. 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To: Erich Dollansky , gljennjohn@gmail.com In-Reply-To: <20140304194709.3421b152@X220.alogt.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Cc: "freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.org" X-BeenThere: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.17 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD support for USB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:40:36 -0000 On Tue, 3/4/14, Erich Dollansky wrote: > just buy cheap USB cases and put any drive you want in. Will this result in a quirkless installation, or will I just be moving the problem farther down the cable? If all drives will behave themselves, then perhaps this truly is the best option. Seems like all the other drives I've purchased are technically just laptop drives in a plastic case, but maybe a case designed for swapping in and out unspecified drives will be more universal. Thanks for the tip. On Tue, 3/4/14, Gary Jennejohn wrote: > I have two 1TB USB3 external drives from Toshiba (laptop drives in a plastic enclosure) which work with both FreeBSD and Windows7. > > Don't know whether these are still available. Seems to me I bought them cheap on eBay or amazon. The issue I'm running into is consistent availability. I want to get one, test it, then get maybe half a dozen more once I'm sure it works, and have the option to get a few down the road as replacements/additions are necessary. They don't all have to be the same model, but we need the ability to just buy more when needed, not start the experimentation phase again. I suppose that's a tall order, but maybe the external swap case will solve the problem. Thanks to both of you for the input! Leif