From owner-freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Mon Aug 3 19:00:28 2015 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E09489B21AE for ; Mon, 3 Aug 2015 19:00:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: from mail-oi0-x229.google.com (mail-oi0-x229.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4003:c06::229]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A46CC1F2D for ; Mon, 3 Aug 2015 19:00:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from fjwcash@gmail.com) Received: by oibv126 with SMTP id v126so17732147oib.3 for ; Mon, 03 Aug 2015 12:00:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type; bh=U6sOcNIeDIHjqCDIrKe2Y1zsbvUtMUH/2wxw60AzwN0=; b=0azJu6DvoPWO2CN/mqwa5WJqxGHxj/DBTsAJeN2ZlBzcgp0xGQ19LwC0h3vELzpnpz dnXqGdvRm5j5BbWXeIZvAOjHgnLsk5v1l/D0ikL109/zW1Jnck4NQuPp2nBnd8bSlEpM hM4/fU5kQ9gagB7/DQcmEgrmb2KSg9QoDtyip/djiPl+bzWs3kTZstHGnvNEVlgdwSpj 9dcBhX2vIGDibbuEpanoJOhULhImocBVobrlj2eLuCZUxiSoyWxa9TNvL7e93MRIsrHl C52NgDwkC4lr2u35BI840RGPIzj1FwhOkK7RCuqouT4HCVWuAZHzfsH5lZZA3vgmXL2R aczw== MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Received: by 10.202.58.133 with SMTP id h127mr8573768oia.35.1438628426803; Mon, 03 Aug 2015 12:00:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.81.100 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Aug 2015 12:00:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.76.81.100 with HTTP; Mon, 3 Aug 2015 12:00:26 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <99D5AABE-39D2-4471-B707-FA46CF631BEE@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> References: <410CF5C1-2BF7-45E8-9707-12F26C4D62A1@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <55BEC52A.6080901@egr.msu.edu> <268B6AD7-FCD8-4085-B479-DF8B319860B3@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <99D5AABE-39D2-4471-B707-FA46CF631BEE@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Date: Mon, 3 Aug 2015 12:00:26 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: 4TB Western Digital My Book 1230 USB hard drive not working on 10.2 From: Freddie Cash To: Paul Mather Cc: Adam McDougall , Alban Hertroys , freebsd-stable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.20 X-BeenThere: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 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, 03 Aug 2015 19:00:28 -0000 On Aug 3, 2015 8:36 AM, "Paul Mather" wrote: > > On Aug 3, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Alban Hertroys wrote: > > > On 3 August 2015 at 15:01, Paul Mather wrote: > >> On Aug 2, 2015, at 9:34 PM, Adam McDougall wrote: > >> > >>> On 08/02/2015 21:22, Paul Mather wrote: > >>>> I have a 4TB external USB drive (Western Digital My Book 1230) that I am trying to use under FreeBSD/amd64 10.2 (10.2-PRERELEASE #0 r286052: Wed Jul 29 20:59:39 EDT 2015). This system has a MSI 760GMA-P34 (FX) motherboard. > >>>> > >>>> The drive probes unreliably when plugged in to a USB 3 port. It reliably probes when plugged into a USB 2 port. However, it works in neither cases. Attempting to dd from the drive results in a "dd: /dev/da0: Invalid argument". > > > > FYI: I had been experiencing the same with a 2 TB WD MyBook on OS X > > (Mavericks). The drive was being used for Time Machine backups, but it > > would at irregular intervals it would just 'disconnect' itself. My > > guess is that there's a firmware problem in the USB3 chip in those > > drives. > > > > After trying to get the issue fixed for almost half a year I returned > > it and replaced it by a Seagate, which has been working flawlessly > > ever since. > > > > I'm just saying, perhaps the problem isn't with FreeBSD but with the drive. > > > I'd love just to get to the "randomly disconnects" stage under FreeBSD at this point. :-) > > Up to now, I have been unable to read ANY data off the drive under FreeBSD, either via USB 2 or USB 3. :-( > > However, you have given me something to think about: does anyone know of a 4 TB USB 2 or 3 drive that will work reliably under FreeBSD 10-STABLE right now? 2 TB Toshiba drive in a NexStar 6G enclosure, and a 3 TB WD Black drives in a NexStar 3 enclosures are working great on FreeBSD 9.3 (home), 8.1 (work) and 10.0 (work). USB 2.x and 3.0. I use them as ZFS backups drives. I've never liked the all-in-one external drives. I prefer separate enclosures and drives. That way, the drives can be replaced or upgraded as needed.