From owner-freebsd-usb@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jan 5 17:11:51 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6253C16A41F for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 17:11:51 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from harmony.bsdimp.com (vc4-2-0-87.dsl.netrack.net [199.45.160.85]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id BAECA43D88 for ; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 17:11:34 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Received: from localhost (localhost.village.org [127.0.0.1] (may be forged)) by harmony.bsdimp.com (8.13.3/8.13.3) with ESMTP id k05HAPuf026239; Thu, 5 Jan 2006 10:10:32 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from imp@bsdimp.com) Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:10:42 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <20060105.101042.70704638.imp@bsdimp.com> To: ml@t-b-o-h.net From: "M. Warner Losh" In-Reply-To: <200601051459.k05ExKsS017500@vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> References: <200601051459.k05ExKsS017500@vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> X-Mailer: Mew version 3.3 on Emacs 21.3 / Mule 5.0 (SAKAKI) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: Text/Plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.0 (harmony.bsdimp.com [127.0.0.1]); Thu, 05 Jan 2006 10:10:32 -0700 (MST) Cc: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Using a USB PenDrive for /usr X-BeenThere: freebsd-usb@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD support for USB List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 05 Jan 2006 17:11:51 -0000 In message: <200601051459.k05ExKsS017500@vjofn.tucs-beachin-obx-house.com> Tuc at T-B-O-H writes: : I've got a Soekris NET4801 running with a SanDisk 2G CF card for : its main driverunning FreeBSD. The system seems to be doing well, but I'm : really hurting on the /usr partition (Its 1.1G) for space. I was : contemplating adding a 4G USB pen drive (Something like : http://www.memoryx.net/xpe4096.html). Are there any known issues with this? : I also need to know what the minimum items I need to configure in the kernel : is since I try to run as lean a kernel as possible. Since /usr is mounted 'late' in the game, there should be no problems doing this. Your kernel will need to have the usb device, one of ohci and uhci, ehci, umass, scbus and da: # USB support device uhci # UHCI PCI->USB interface device ohci # OHCI PCI->USB interface device ehci # EHCI PCI->USB interface (USB 2.0) device usb # USB Bus (required) device umass # Disks/Mass storage - Requires scbus and da device scbus # SCSI bus (required for SCSI) device da # Direct Access (disks) Warner