From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Apr 22 14:54:16 2005 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 522B216A4CE for ; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:54:16 +0000 (GMT) Received: from freebsdgirl.com (freebsdgirl.com [70.84.136.74]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0D37043D31 for ; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:54:16 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from sektie@freebsdgirl.com) Received: from [172.16.5.200] (66-194-32-101.gen.twtelecom.net [66.194.32.101]) by freebsdgirl.com (8.13.3/8.13.1) with ESMTP id j3MFoLWf019798; Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:50:21 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from sektie@freebsdgirl.com) From: Randi Harper To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 10:52:03 -0400 User-Agent: KMail/1.8 References: <20050422144807.37575.qmail@web53606.mail.yahoo.com> In-Reply-To: <20050422144807.37575.qmail@web53606.mail.yahoo.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="nextPart2604008.U21CGdUblJ"; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; micalg=pgp-sha1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: <200504221052.05925.sektie@freebsdgirl.com> cc: scott renna Subject: Re: USB2.0 External IDE connections 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: Fri, 22 Apr 2005 14:54:16 -0000 --nextPart2604008.U21CGdUblJ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: inline On Friday 22 April 2005 10:48 am, scott renna wrote: > Has anyone had any luck in using external USB2.0 > enclosures on FreeBSD 5.3? I've picked up 2 of them > with different chipsets and have 2 USB2.0 to IDE > converter cables. My kernel has support for ehci so > that's not an issue, but every time i plug one of > these devices it, it's detected as da0 and a umass > device, and I'm told data transfer is limited to > 1Mb/s. attempting to mount da0 doesn't work. You have to use the disklabel tool and newfs it, of course. :) It's the sam= e=20 as using any USB drive. You might get faster speeds if you plugged it into = a=20 usb 2.0 port on your computer - I'm not sure what the limits are. USB HD=20 enclosures are meant to be convenient, not fast. Next time, choose=20 firewire. ;) Randi Harper =2D--- URL: http://freebsdgirl.com Email: sektie@freebsdgirl.com AIM: Randi BSD --nextPart2604008.U21CGdUblJ Content-Type: application/pgp-signature -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQBCaQ+VWGA1rPAASJkRAtBwAJ9j7Hl1jZ0Nb2T6BI7qoPp1KxXudgCgk8kB VAMJVjhmdIZlin8SrsbZtgk= =5j/+ -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --nextPart2604008.U21CGdUblJ--