From owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Nov 16 19:01:20 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2A7B1106566B for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:01:20 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from traveling08@cox.net) Received: from fed1rmmtao105.cox.net (fed1rmmtao105.cox.net [68.230.241.41]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E04118FC19 for ; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:01:19 +0000 (UTC) Received: from fed1rmimpo01.cox.net ([70.169.32.71]) by fed1rmmtao105.cox.net (InterMail vM.8.00.01.00 201-2244-105-20090324) with ESMTP id <20091116190118.IOEQ21106.fed1rmmtao105.cox.net@fed1rmimpo01.cox.net>; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:01:18 -0500 Received: from hp ([72.220.91.251]) by fed1rmimpo01.cox.net with bizsmtp id 5v1J1d00Q5RPd3403v1K6a; Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:01:19 -0500 X-VR-Score: -200.00 X-Authority-Analysis: v=1.0 c=1 a=VUqSCvMv3e0A:10 a=zMRIARwpAAAA:8 a=uLO5N70-6AmxcTb_6MIA:9 a=N_w4xa9AvR9oHlVmtg3HR3lp57wA:4 a=OCAqPxjDzhQA:10 X-CM-Score: 0.00 Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:01:13 -0800 From: Robert To: Dan Nelson Message-ID: <20091116110113.534c423c@hp> In-Reply-To: <20091115174718.GA89004@dan.emsphone.com> References: <20091113130147.744521d7@asus64> <20091113145015.647955b9@asus64> <20091113231539.GN89052@dan.emsphone.com> <20091113161220.18454229@hp> <20091115174718.GA89004@dan.emsphone.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.7.2 (GTK+ 2.16.6; i386-portbld-freebsd8.0) Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: (MORE INFO) Ext firewire drive not mounted after update X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Production branch of FreeBSD source code List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2009 19:01:20 -0000 On Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:47:20 -0600 Dan Nelson wrote: > > I can continue to operate my drive on USB but I may need firewire > > in the near future. I have a friend who is a photographer and I > > archive her photos for her. She sends me an external drive or two > > and I burn her projects onto DVD. I am not sure if her drives have > > an USB connector. > > Note that you can still run "kldload sbp" after bootup to see fireware > disks. You can also try adding "device sbp" back to your kernel > config and see if it works for you. The hangs apparently only happen > on certain motherboards. > Dan Last week I added sbp_load to /boot/loader.conf, reconnected the firewire cable to the external drive and rebooted. All is working fine. Thanks Robert