From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 27 20:21:54 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6354C16A512 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 20:21:54 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from up@3.am) Received: from richard2.pil.net (mail.pil.net [207.7.198.3]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8084F44140 for ; Mon, 27 Nov 2006 19:12:55 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from up@3.am) Received: (qmail 74053 invoked by uid 1825); 27 Nov 2006 19:13:56 -0000 Received: from localhost (sendmail-bs@127.0.0.1) by localhost with SMTP; 27 Nov 2006 19:13:56 -0000 Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 14:13:56 -0500 (EST) From: up@3.am X-X-Sender: up@richard2.pil.net To: Christopher Sean Hilton In-Reply-To: <1164212795.1087.12.camel@dagobah.vindaloo.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, freebsd-usb@freebsd.org, freebsd-hardware@freebsd.org Subject: Re: External USB drive kernel problems 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, 27 Nov 2006 20:21:54 -0000 On Wed, 22 Nov 2006, Christopher Sean Hilton wrote: > In all likelyhood FreeBSD needs some quirk to work with the IDE bridge > chipset in your enclosure. I have noticed that the plain jane enclosures > seem to work fine but the ones with special features fail. In particular > I have an enclosure with both a disk and an SD media slot purchased from > and branded by Compusa that does not work with FreeBSD. I have also > noticed that the enclosures with a one touch backup button aren't > supported. I unfortunately do not know how to debug these enclosures. Well, it looks like we have a winner (loser, actually). This has the "1 button instant backup" feature. I didn't expect that to work, I just presumed that this sort of application was sufficiently generic that existing drivers would at least function with it. > They tend to be so cheap that I just home in on the ones that are > supported. I've noticed that the local Best Buy is carrying an Adaptec > enclosure. I have two of the 2.5" ones and they seem to work fine. > Here's a link to the 3.5" version which I assume uses that same chipset > as the 2.5" one: Would you or anyone happen to have a link to a more comprehensive list to those that are supported, or which of the required drivers I should look at for that info? Thanks again! James Smallacombe PlantageNet, Inc. CEO and Janitor up@3.am http://3.am =========================================================================