Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2007 17:26:47 +0100 From: Adam J Richardson <fatman@crackmonkey.us> To: Andriy Babiy <freebsdathome@shaw.ca> Cc: FreeBSD-questions <FreeBSD-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: flash drive question -- can it be incompatible with FreeBSD Message-ID: <471B7DC7.6000307@crackmonkey.us> In-Reply-To: <ccc3af9689cdd.4718ed2c@shaw.ca> References: <ccc3af9689cdd.4718ed2c@shaw.ca>
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Andriy Babiy wrote: > Hi everybody, > > While looking for a new USB flash drive, I found that some of them come with: > - U3 feature > - ReadyBoost feature > - security software, either pre-installed or zipped on the drive > - hardware data encryption > Some of them need partitioning/formatting. > > My question is: is there anything that would prevent me from using such drives on FreeBSD machine? > Google shows that U3 can be uninstalled. What about other "features"? > > Thank you in advance. > Andriy Hi Andriy, I have a few Flash drives from different manufacturers. They all work just fine, detecting as SCSI devices on /dev/da0. One of them I couldn't format under Windows. I assume it was some sort of software on the drive. I was able to format it using the port "ntfsprogs" under FreeBSD. Hurrah for FreeBSD! :D If it was some sort of software preventing the format, it was Windows only. I think U3 would have a really hard time preventing format under all operating systems, but of course I'm only guessing there. HtH, Adam J Richardson
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