From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jun 27 04:46:44 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 580DBA50 for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2014 04:46:44 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nm32.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com (nm32.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com [98.138.229.25]) (using TLSv1 with cipher DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id ED23A2E4B for ; Fri, 27 Jun 2014 04:46:43 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [127.0.0.1] by nm32.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Jun 2014 04:46:42 -0000 Received: from [98.138.100.112] by nm32.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Jun 2014 04:43:59 -0000 Received: from [98.139.212.150] by tm103.bullet.mail.ne1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Jun 2014 04:43:59 -0000 Received: from [98.139.212.241] by tm7.bullet.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Jun 2014 04:43:59 -0000 Received: from [127.0.0.1] by omp1050.mail.bf1.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 27 Jun 2014 04:43:59 -0000 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-4 X-Yahoo-Newman-Id: 708870.40051.bm@omp1050.mail.bf1.yahoo.com Received: (qmail 72431 invoked by uid 60001); 27 Jun 2014 04:43:59 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rocketmail.com; s=s1024; t=1403844239; bh=nRHYWKz4rSUUQBsqBMVPzjnPROrtMT5jekFJ43l3pp0=; h=Message-ID:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=KbW4xqQ/MII9RoOFOMjQdISWIiGWsyxC8X+u43k/4meuI2b6pdxBBPi6gAVORPdEVxCrP1scWFPTwXGJy9Ju0xlVho0BDYCr5Bn0d2oihbS2hHxofq491f2dxxpA4pR1ndS5r/6av91/RJoVGUa6E6nAc4TpMkS51ZGv6En1dE4= X-YMail-OSG: qFnUbakVM1nmxQ86jjeiCm05as3cYYnd7xJO6fhWQE12Hxf 03F0BvcEYp_EY.wIuuaND7VIdlFAmQKalr7Kv5DSv40B5illPlXQ45Wc9y9T qWFpZPYB27jjUAMHJ_kZeYmDbrgkSxLAtLW05TTTihxo8CLCGQZYyL29w8y3 GqskZd6cFWbmpyh9G7Ule4VND6vYHa4If6_hVqTn6CSDGatkhfZZ8unV7lNp lpim4J5MOlm.yQqDLkZcwI6FpCMMnFs1x2jvwKs9o8dbzBVBgchh.IiQgGbv imAMk5vqW_0RsAvsvoPWvAtG0XvLb0AFRKEo3qR1xpEyb.p7txVj5RyT1Mzt bjLbhvMwdgX0o20pwvBXjq3VxwyVYDSr94vK0A7h1u2ORSeSOzR9dkdmHnFV CE3NbD.BUvsWoQLGxM8LiMxvPsGZ4bpJwqPlteI2jxa1Mcaj1_7pk66M32h9 PM77tVxQnFaRQ5Hms5h4GP5EF.JRYCt8tUuX.mNy8RwENpYRp0u5yZBCs497 4.OLnIhg18xsB0.F6zNA_K4yMfcpPxRHnVg-- Received: from [74.229.13.174] by web140803.mail.bf1.yahoo.com via HTTP; Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:43:59 PDT X-Rocket-MIMEInfo: 002.001, Pj4gT24gTW9uLCAxNyBGZWIgMjAxNCAyMTo1NDozNCAtMDgwMCAoUFNUKSBWZWxjcm8gTGVhZiA8dmVsY3JvbGVhZkByb2NrZXRtYWlsLmNvbT4gd3JvdGU6DQo.PiBEb2VzIGFueW9uZSBoYXZlIGEgc3VnZ2VzdGlvbiBmb3IgYSBrbm93biAxVEIgZXh0ZXJuYWwgVVNCIGRyaXZlLCBwb3dlcmVkIHRocm91Z2ggdGhlIFVTQiBjYWJsZSwgdGhhdCBjb25zaXN0ZW50bHkgd29ya3Mgd2l0aCBGcmVlQlNELCBhbmQgaGFzIGZvciBzb21lIHRpbWU_DQoNCj4gT24gVHVlLCAzLzQvMTQsIEVyaWNoIERvbGxhbnNreSABMAEBAQE- X-Mailer: YahooMailClassic/650 YahooMailWebService/0.8.191.1 Message-ID: <1403844239.15337.YahooMailBasic@web140803.mail.bf1.yahoo.com> Date: Thu, 26 Jun 2014 21:43:59 -0700 From: Velcro Leaf Subject: Re: consistent, functional 1TB usb drive? To: Erich Dollansky 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: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD support for USB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 04:46:44 -0000 >> On Mon, 17 Feb 2014 21:54:34 -0800 (PST) Velcro Leaf wrote: >> Does anyone have a suggestion for a known 1TB external USB drive, powered through the USB cable, that consistently works with FreeBSD, and has for some time? > On Tue, 3/4/14, Erich Dollansky wrote: > just buy cheap USB cases and put any drive you want in. For the sake of closure, we tried this and it did indeed work. I picked the cheapest, dumbest external cases that didn't advertise any magic caches or other bells and whistles. The supplier even changed the model of the hard drive in between orders, but they function identically, so the problem has finally been solved. Maybe I just got lucky, but at least this is a potential solution for anyone in the same situation. Thanks for the help!