From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 27 23:45:38 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: 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 88F3116A402 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:45:38 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dan@dpcsys.com) Received: from ns.beach.net (ns.beach.net [12.130.64.129]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 23A8043D46 for ; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:45:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dan@dpcsys.com) Received: from [192.168.1.55] (jeffersonvalley.net [209.137.253.155] (may be forged)) by ns.beach.net (8.13.6/8.13.5) with ESMTP id k3RNjURn014699; Thu, 27 Apr 2006 16:45:30 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <45F64E0B-B17B-4D4D-9D89-100E2D40EE57@antsclimbtree.com> References: <33BF4116-4A55-4B03-8791-37B4B8ACEB52@antsclimbtree.com> <12AF2FD6-1149-4012-951A-84F55BB1A6F9@wisc.edu> <1CB7FDE1-DAC9-4CB5-8B22-294548AB9651@antsclimbtree.com> <4451305D.1090408@gmail.com> <133B7C75-2681-477B-BC08-1DCF129C28E4@antsclimbtree.com> <45F64E0B-B17B-4D4D-9D89-100E2D40EE57@antsclimbtree.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v749.3) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <60455B00-33A4-4DFD-B3E2-512834AC39FC@dpcsys.com> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Dan Busarow Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 17:45:29 -0600 To: Mark Edwards X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.749.3) Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel Macs and FreeBSD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 23:45:38 -0000 On Apr 27, 2006, at 4:59 PM, Mark Edwards wrote: > On Apr 27, 2006, at 2:21 PM, Chad Leigh -- Shire.Net LLC wrote: > > That brings up an important point. I would want to hook up a > USB2.0 or Firewire hard drive to the machine, either as a boot > drive, a backup drive, or both (two drives). How is FreeBSD's > support for USB or Firewire? Can one boot from these connections? > Is it reliable enough for server use? We've got a FreeBSD 5.x NFS/Samba/AppleTalk file server at work using Lacie firewire drives (purchased at the local Mac store in keeping with the thread) Works great. Just replaced one of the drives that was starting to report errors during rsync. Drive was about 2 years old. The other drives are still going strong. Dan