From owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Sep 9 12:33:35 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EC2E616A4CE for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 12:33:35 +0000 (GMT) Received: from mxfep02.bredband.com (mxfep02.bredband.com [195.54.107.73]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E911D43D5D for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 12:33:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from mathias@haas.se) Received: from haas.se ([213.113.216.119] [213.113.216.119]) by mxfep02.bredband.com with SMTP id <20040909123333.GXCB26974.mxfep02.bredband.com@haas.se> for ; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 14:33:33 +0200 Received: (qmail 34282 invoked from network); 9 Sep 2004 12:35:52 -0000 Received: from mathias@haas.se by p3-550.haas.se by uid 82 with qmail-scanner-1.20 (spamassassin: 2.61. Clear:RC:1(127.0.0.1):. Processed in 0.03004 secs); 09 Sep 2004 12:35:52 -0000 Received: from localhost.haas.se (HELO mail.haas.se) (127.0.0.1) by localhost.haas.se with SMTP; 9 Sep 2004 12:35:51 -0000 Received: from 193.14.163.194 (SquirrelMail authenticated user mathias@haas.se); by mail.haas.se with HTTP; Thu, 9 Sep 2004 14:35:51 +0200 (CEST) Message-ID: <11284.193.14.163.194.1094733351.squirrel@193.14.163.194> In-Reply-To: <58103154812.20040909132702@playstos.com> References: <30520.193.14.163.194.1094728900.squirrel@193.14.163.194> <58103154812.20040909132702@playstos.com> Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2004 14:35:51 +0200 (CEST) From: "Mathias Haas" To: hardware@freebsd.org User-Agent: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a X-Mailer: SquirrelMail/1.4.3a MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain;charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) Importance: Normal cc: Alessandro de Manzano Subject: Re: Best way to remove HD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: mathias@haas.se List-Id: General discussion of FreeBSD hardware List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 09 Sep 2004 12:33:36 -0000 I've run this setup on FreeBSD 5.2 and 5.2.1 and it works fine so far. We had our server stolen 1 month ago and it was easy to restore the backup from the external harddisk (and it was fast too!). Our previos server had some low-budget (almost no-name) firwire controller. Now we run on the internal fw-controller on an Asus P4C800-E Deluxe. Older versions of BSD doesn't support Firewire (I know my old 4.6.2 does not). I'm unsure from which version it became supported. Ciao, Mathias. > Thursday, September 9, 2004, 1:21:40 PM, ha scritto: > > MH> Hello! I wonder if this is the best way to disconnect an external > firewire > MH> disk (Lacie) that's used as an external backup? > > very interesting... > > > MH> First I do the backup then I run the 'sync'-command in order to write > down > MH> any data still in the buffer. After that I umount the disk and then I > turn > MH> of the power and disconnect the disk from the computer. > > MH> Before the backup starts I connect the drive and then I simply mount > it. > > MH> Is there any better way to do it or is this safe? > > AFAIK this is the correct procedure. > Unmounting the FS flushes all data to disk, so nothing should be lost. > And for the firewire link itself, if I remember correctly it's > "plug'n'play" so it should be safe to simply remove the plug. > > btw, me too I would backup my data in this way, may I ask you about > your experiences with FreeBSD + firewire ? Are you using 4.x or 5.x ? > Which firewire card are you using ? are you satisfied ? :) > > sorry for many questions ! ;) > > Many thanks in advance! > > > > -- > > Alessandro de Manzano > > System & Network Administrator > Playstos - TIMA S.p.A. > Corso Sempione 63 > 20149 Milano, Italy > > tel.: +39-023314153 > fax : +39-02315678 > email: demanzano@playstos.com > > http://www.playstos.com > >