From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Aug 23 02:40:38 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAB5F16A4CE for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 02:40:38 +0000 (GMT) Received: from carver.gumbysoft.com (carver.gumbysoft.com [66.220.23.50]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id AF2B843D2D for ; Mon, 23 Aug 2004 02:40:38 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from dwhite@gumbysoft.com) Received: by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix, from userid 1000) id A544C72DD4; Sun, 22 Aug 2004 19:40:38 -0700 (PDT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by carver.gumbysoft.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id A39B872DCB; Sun, 22 Aug 2004 19:40:38 -0700 (PDT) Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 19:40:38 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: George Hartzell In-Reply-To: <16679.59263.287454.325068@rosebud.alerce.com> Message-ID: <20040822193851.K94593@carver.gumbysoft.com> References: <16679.59263.287454.325068@rosebud.alerce.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Help making sense of firewire disk enclosure dilema X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 23 Aug 2004 02:40:38 -0000 On Sat, 21 Aug 2004, George Hartzell wrote: > > I have a machine running 5.2.1-RELEASE-p6. > > I purchased a pair of "Vantec" USB2.0/Firewire enclosures (NST-350UF) > for some 80-ish GB IBM Deskstar drives. > > The first enclosure worked great (once I got past the kernel panic > because it didn't like something that was hanging out in the partition > table area). > > The second enclosure was problematic. If I attached via USB1 (all I > have), it worked fine. If I hook it up to a G4 Powermac running OSX > Jaguar (current-1?), it works fine. But when I connect it via > firewire to Servant, GEOM never recognizes/creates a daX device. Have you tried 'camcontrol rescan X' where X is the appropriate SCSI bus? (camcontrol devlist -v can help you find the right bus number.) I have this problem with certain USB key storage devices as well. It depends on how long the device takes to come ready. Some are better than others. -- Doug White | FreeBSD: The Power to Serve dwhite@gumbysoft.com | www.FreeBSD.org