From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Aug 19 13:29:29 2008 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 26E8B106566B for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:29:29 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [212.17.241.230]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9DDAF8FC08 for ; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:29:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1) with ESMTP id m7JDT1QF008958; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:29:11 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.14.1/8.14.1/Submit) id m7JDT1qm008957; Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:29:01 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:29:01 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200808191329.m7JDT1qm008957@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, jcw@highperformance.net In-Reply-To: <48A85276.7070306@highperformance.net> X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-questions User-Agent: tin/1.8.3-20070201 ("Scotasay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/6.2-STABLE-20070808 (i386)) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Tue, 19 Aug 2008 15:29:14 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: USB Drive Reliability X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list Reply-To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG, jcw@highperformance.net List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 13:29:29 -0000 Jason C. Wells wrote: > I am running FreeBSD 6.3. I have found that attaching and detaching USB > drives to my box is unreliable. Is this the experience of other users? I guess I've been lucky, because I haven't had much of a problem with various USB storage devices so far. I haven't been on FreeBSD 6.x for long, though; I went straight to 7-current a few months before 7.0 was released, then followed the 7-stable branch. The only thing that doesn't work is detaching a device (whether USB or other) while it is still mounted. This is supposed to be fixed in 8-current. (My personal impression is that 8-current is quite reliable at the moment, so if you have a spare machine it might be worth giving it a try. Be sure to subscribe to the -current mailing list so you don't miss any important "heads up" messages.) Another thing worth mentioning is that a new USB stack is under development by Hans Petter Selasky. I'm not sure when it will be committed to 8-current, but I think it's pretty much ready. It will certainly fix some of the problems people are seeing with the old USB stack. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing b. M. Handelsregister: Registergericht Muenchen, HRA 74606, Geschäftsfuehrung: secnetix Verwaltungsgesellsch. mbH, Handelsregister: Registergericht Mün- chen, HRB 125758, Geschäftsführer: Maik Bachmann, Olaf Erb, Ralf Gebhart FreeBSD-Dienstleistungen, -Produkte und mehr: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd "Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality." -- The Dalai Lama