From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Dec 21 16:40:25 2004 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5F75E16A4D2 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:40:25 +0000 (GMT) Received: from TheWorld.com (pcls4-e.std.com [192.74.137.144]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B99843D41 for ; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:40:23 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from kwc@shell.TheWorld.com) Received: from shell.TheWorld.com (root@shell01-e.TheWorld.com [69.38.147.31]) by TheWorld.com (8.12.8p1/8.12.8) with ESMTP id iBLGe0xB001501; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:40:02 -0500 Received: (from kwc@localhost) by shell.TheWorld.com (8.9.3/8.9.3) id LAA4517585; Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:22:30 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 11:22:30 -0500 (EST) From: Kenneth W Cochran Message-Id: <200412211622.LAA4517585@shell.TheWorld.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: USB flash drive support/usage X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 16:40:25 -0000 Hello: I have some questions about the little USB flash drives... Is there a FAQ or some documentation on them? So far I haven't found much in the Handbook or manpages. Pointers welcome. :) Do I need any driver(s) besides umass(4) & its required kernel options? Any differences between 4.x and 5.x support for them? Apparently they come setup for a FAT32 filesystem - can I format them for other filesystems (e.g. linux-ext2, BSD UFS/UFS2, MS NTFS) & expect them to work reliably? Assuming they work (well) with FreeBSD, how do I properly set them up for UFS/UFS2? Do I need to fdisk and {disk,bsd}label first? Any favorite/least-favorite brands/models or recommendations as to which one(s) to seek/avoid for use with FreeBSD? Thanks, -kc