From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 18 14:06:26 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 65F0D1065684 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:06:26 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matti.k@bigpond.net.au) Received: from nschwqsrv02p.mx.bigpond.com (nschwqsrv02p.mx.bigpond.com [61.9.189.234]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ECB768FC21 for ; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:06:25 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from matti.k@bigpond.net.au) Received: from nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com ([121.210.38.110]) by nschwmtas06p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20080818095550.SGK1916.nschwmtas06p.mx.bigpond.com@nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com>; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:55:50 +0000 Received: from platypus.freebsd.home ([121.210.38.110]) by nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com with ESMTP id <20080818095550.BPU12994.nschwotgx03p.mx.bigpond.com@platypus.freebsd.home>; Mon, 18 Aug 2008 09:55:50 +0000 Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 19:55:50 +1000 From: matti k To: "Jason C. Wells" Message-ID: <20080818195550.0517043b@platypus.freebsd.home> In-Reply-To: <48A8C40E.2060802@highperformance.net> References: <48A85276.7070306@highperformance.net> <20080818000858.D21615@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <48A8C40E.2060802@highperformance.net> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.5.0 (GTK+ 2.12.11; i386-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-RPD-ScanID: Class unknown; VirusThreatLevel unknown, RefID str=0001.0A150201.48A94726.00D5,ss=1,fgs=0 Cc: Wojciech Puchar , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Drive Reliability 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: Mon, 18 Aug 2008 14:06:26 -0000 On Sun, 17 Aug 2008 17:36:30 -0700 "Jason C. Wells" wrote: > Wojciech Puchar wrote: > > >> I am running FreeBSD 6.3. I have found that attaching and > >> detaching USB drives to my box is unreliable. Is this the > >> experience of other users? > > > something more precise please? > > I realize that this is primarily a tech support forum. I wasn't > asking for a solution to the problem. I was asking for other peoples > experiences. If the USB support in FreeBSD was spotty according to > other people, as has been reported, then I plan to not even try to > work on it more until I install 7.1. > > Just for the record: > > - crashes the system on attachment > - crashes the system on detachment > - the system hangs on attachment but resumes responding if you pull > the drive > - installing the drive results in the little blue light coming on > with dmesg reporting attachment, but attempts to mount fail with > "device not configured" or somesuch > - dataloss on the device that chkdisk in DOS couldn't save > > Basically, every possible bad behavior that you could ask from a USB > connected drive has happened to me over time as I keep coming back > and trying USB drives. That's OK. I'm not upset. I'm not > complaining. I just want to know what to expect from USB drives in > FreeBSD. That sounds familiar, but I guess most USB storage devices are very similar, so maybe start looking at the USB controller. I know in my case, installing a PCI USB card with _NEC_ chipset solved all my problems. Thought it worth mentioning ... Cheers, Matti