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"dave" <dmehler26@woh.rr.com> writes:

>     I've recently come in to possession of a Kangaroo external USB hard
> drive manufactured by
> www.interactivemediacorp.com.
> 
> I'd like to use it under
> FreeBSD 5.x. I have not found any docs on this particular drive nor much in
> general
> on USB disks. If anyone has this working or recommendations i'd appreciate
> it.

Start with "man 4 umass".
If it follows the USB/umass specs reasonably well, it should be easy
to get going.