From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Mar 31 23:02:47 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B20216A4CE for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 23:02:47 -0800 (PST) Received: from mail006.syd.optusnet.com.au (mail006.syd.optusnet.com.au [211.29.132.63]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DF93543D2F for ; Wed, 31 Mar 2004 23:02:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from nickfahey@optusnet.com.au) Received: from optusnet.com.au (c211-28-63-181.sunsh2.vic.optusnet.com.au [211.28.63.181])i3172e224393 for ; Thu, 1 Apr 2004 17:02:44 +1000 Message-ID: <406BBF1C.3030205@optusnet.com.au> Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 17:05:00 +1000 From: Nick Fahey User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.5 (Windows/20040207) X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-2022-JP Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Portable mass-storage support... X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 01 Apr 2004 07:02:47 -0000 I'm looking to build a 'tapeless' backup system using a FreeBSD backup staging server running both fixed and portable hard drives. The portable drive I fancy is the LaCie 'Pocket Drive' with both USB2 and Firewire interfaces. See: http://www.lacie.com/au/products/product.htm?id=10023 The hardware compatibility guide does not mention these products. The results of various google searches on the subject of USB mass storage support in FreeBSD suggest that this area is still generally not well supported. Has anyone had any experience with these particular drives (or any other portable mass-storage solutions) under FreeBSD 4.9 or 5.2.x? I would love to wave goodbye to tapes forever! Thanks in advance for your responses and suggestions. Nick