From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 22 02:34:12 2005 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 359D816A44E for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 02:34:12 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from russo@bogodyn.org) Received: from bogodyn.org (mail.bogodyn.org [216.184.25.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F8A643D73 for ; Fri, 22 Jul 2005 02:33:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from russo@bogodyn.org) Received: from bogodyn.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by bogodyn.org (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j6M2Xl3A005835; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:33:47 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from russo@bogodyn.org) Received: (from russo@localhost) by bogodyn.org (8.13.1/8.13.1/Submit) id j6M2XlgJ005834; Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:33:47 -0600 (MDT) (envelope-from russo) Date: Thu, 21 Jul 2005 20:33:47 -0600 From: Tom Russo To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <20050722023347.GA5783@bogodyn.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i Organization: International Institute for Advanced Quantum Bogodynamical Studies X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-4.9 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 autolearn=ham version=2.60 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 2.60 (1.212-2003-09-23-exp) on bogodyn.org Subject: Iomega REV drive, FreeBSD 4.11 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: russo@bogodyn.org List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 22 Jul 2005 02:34:12 -0000 I'm running FreeBSD 4.11. I last updated from STABLE in January: FreeBSD bogodyn.org 4.11-STABLE FreeBSD 4.11-STABLE #0: Sat Jan 22 13:10:32 MST 2005 russo@bogodyn.org:/users2/obj/usr/src/sys/BOGODYN i386 I just purchased an external SCSI Iomga REV 35MB removable medium drive. I took the chance that since it was a SCSI device it would Just Work, since that has been my experience most of the time with SCSI devices and BSD. It doesn't. When I attach the device and camcontrol rescan all, I get this in the /var/log/messages: Jul 21 19:22:52 bogodyn /kernel: cd1 at ahc0 bus 0 target 5 lun 0 Jul 21 19:22:52 bogodyn /kernel: cd1: Removable CD-ROM SCSI-4 device Jul 21 19:22:52 bogodyn /kernel: cd1: 20.000MB/s transfers (20.000MHz, offset 14 ) Jul 21 19:22:52 bogodyn /kernel: cd1: cd present [17090880 x 2048 byte records] That is, the drive is detected, but as a removable CDROM, not a direct access device. Does anyone have one of these things, and has anyone gotten it to work? Would updating to a more recent 4.11-STABLE be likely to get it right? I can't find anything in any of the FreeBSD-Questions archives that mentions this drive except for one from December, where someone asked if it worked and never got answered on-list. Pity to have such an expensive paperweight right now. Can anyone help? Does this thing work in FreeBSD 5.x? I have been avoiding upgrading to that. Ironically, getting the REV drive was part of a plan to start backing up my stuff so I could wipe the drive and install 5.x on a clean disk instead of having to deal with cleaning up 4.x mess --- I keep finding bits of cruft from the time I upgraded from 2.x... -- Tom Russo KM5VY SAR502 DM64ux http://www.swcp.com/~russo/ Tijeras, NM QRPL#1592 K2#398 SOC#236 AHTB#1 "The only thing you can do easily is be wrong, and that's hardly worth the effort." -- Norton Juster