From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Oct 14 17:33:36 2009 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 BE8E71065676 for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:33:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jekillen@prodigy.net) Received: from smtp105.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com (smtp105.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com [67.195.14.108]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 78EEF8FC0A for ; Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:33:36 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 14797 invoked from network); 14 Oct 2009 17:33:36 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=prodigy.net; h=Received:X-Yahoo-SMTP:X-YMail-OSG:X-Yahoo-Newman-Property:Mime-Version:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-Id:Content-Type:To:From:Subject:Date:X-Mailer; b=6uoeoCXa55gRyg3647oyTjZ19sSs2rRNkuabvavCegvrO2+vA1DB5/hAONjSFwLFZmhCD9bcUbaZ53XGQtSXUidJxml1v34aPike9SRcBFbkQSC0TRP1gPGqLoyFX++RdYwZACbMw921be3vTzBhAWez7eUk3a+vsTFT7pMczKU= ; Received: from (jekillen@75.7.236.228 with plain) by smtp105.sbc.mail.gq1.yahoo.com with SMTP; 14 Oct 2009 10:33:36 -0700 PDT X-Yahoo-SMTP: 46rcWa.swBDnY9zvhIrsU2awgPSTQgUKFFrFJjEU8wwG X-YMail-OSG: bn_x9EcVM1ncv8.HPH4ESr11UATP5REMcuEXi0_EsV7sKDprpnMyS68_gd6tlbWMp319NCoiZAU5zKLXeNXt_9TO022_q40y3wP_G_Bvxts0AEe0nKTiIuBQJ4AUrThFSiL6YS7lfsiDkS3LOho5VuhWYLhBhSMax9OQ4grAU8Aeejz9BAsi9W5BbwmgvlU2kci3w.1OsqnIkaioJ..Rbljdp5lgYa0Sa5NkteP0tjDmcEQpLX2Tpi2tBlVqqNakfFmMYNuv4Pu4BcybZnexNAuJxnK7GG2GtEB6 X-Yahoo-Newman-Property: ymail-3 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v622) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: jeffry killen Date: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 10:33:19 -0700 X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.622) Subject: First time for everything 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: Wed, 14 Oct 2009 17:33:36 -0000 Hello; How is a usb device accessed on Freebsd. I installed an SATA drive in a usb enclosure and plugged in into usb port on the machine. Console message indicated detection of the device when the power switch for the usb enclosure was set to on. When I did mount -w /dev/usb (or usbN) I got special device unknown. Or mount -w /dev/usb (or usbN) /mnt needs block device. There is a first time for everything. man usb does not tell me. and Absolute BSD (M. Lucas) does not say anything about usb devices let alone how to access them. Thank you for patience and guidance Jeff K.