Date: Tue, 08 Nov 2005 08:24:31 -0500 From: Nathan Vidican <nvidican@wmptl.com> To: jhall@vandaliamo.net Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Hard Drive Problems Message-ID: <4370A70F.8010305@wmptl.com> In-Reply-To: <1758.12.170.206.13.1131435691.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net> References: <1758.12.170.206.13.1131435691.squirrel@admintool.trueband.net>
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What type of enclosure are you using, is the actual enclosure made by Western Digital? We use a 'generic' enclosure with a 250GB ATA Western Digital drive in it - and aside from not having USB 2.0 host/speed... it works quite well. Mounts as /dev/da1s1d. -- Nathan Vidican nvidican@wmptl.com Windsor Match Plate & Tool Ltd. http://www.wmptl.com/ jhall@vandaliamo.net wrote: > Recently, I purchased several Western Digital External Hard Drives to be > used for backup purposes. The test unit I purchased worked out of the > box, but I am having problems getting the newer ones to work. > > When they are plugged in to a FreeBSD 5.3 or 5.4 server, I receive the > following messages: > > Nov 8 01:31:12 test kernel: umass0: Western Digital External HDD, rev > 2.00/6.02 > Nov 8 01:31:12 test kernel: uhid0: Western Digital External HDD, rev > 2.00/6.02, addr2, iclass 8/6 > > This is where my confusion lies. From what I can see the hard drive is > detected properly as a umass device, but is also detected as a human input > device. And, the da device, which I think I will use to access the device > is not created. > > If I plug my memory stick into the USB port, the memory stick is detected > and I am able to access the device through da0. > > Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Jay > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >
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