Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2015 22:58:26 -0700 From: Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> To: Paul Mather <freebsd-lists@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> Cc: freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>, Adam McDougall <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu> Subject: Re: 4TB Western Digital My Book 1230 USB hard drive not working on 10.2 Message-ID: <CAFOYbcncr1CNAiai-vWJ=KScqKD4JLOitD9N4xY_FAxDL69FyQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CBF6279B-F6CF-45A9-80E9-0385C3F51A02@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> <CAF-3MvOj-qzSvbNyGfWPHKWcWBU15oA=jnDh1nVOetJJECJKaA@mail.gmail.com> <99D5AABE-39D2-4471-B707-FA46CF631BEE@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <CAFOYbck3FeEEZDQpwcGgeN1%2BE4DR_x1_oQb1TfKFghhZ=_77sw@mail.gmail.com> <890410F7-32E1-4A30-B5F4-6940A78B9401@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> <CBF6279B-F6CF-45A9-80E9-0385C3F51A02@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
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Should give someone a clue, something in the usb code that 10.2 didn't get perhaps... Thanks, Jack On Sat, Aug 8, 2015 at 6:37 PM, Paul Mather < freebsd-lists@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> wrote: > On Aug 3, 2015, at 2:15 PM, Paul Mather <freebsd-lists@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> > wrote: > > > On Aug 3, 2015, at 12:17 PM, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >> Have you tried it on HEAD, and have you tried it on the same system > with some > >> recent flavor of Linux? > > > > No, and no. It's a good idea, though. I can try it this weekend, if I > can run each OS via a USB memstick. > > > Just to follow up on myself, I tried this external USB drive on a > 20150804-r286285 snapshot of FreeBSD/amd64 11-CURRENT on the same system, > as well as under Ubuntu 15.04. > > The 4 TB Western Digital My Book 1230 works under both those operating > systems. > > The drive is detected and works reliably when plugged in to a USB 2 port > on either 11-CURRENT or Ubuntu 15.04. It also works reliably when plugged > in to a USB 3 port on either OS, however, it isn't always detected reliably > under FreeBSD 11-CURRENT when unplugged and plugged in again (2 times out > of 3 attempts), but was detected every time without fail under Ubuntu 15.04. > > So, it appears the hardware is okay; it seems the problem may lie with > FreeBSD 10.2. > > Cheers, > > Paul. > > > > > > With this being such a commonplace drive, I'd hoped someone might pipe > up and say something along the lines of, "oh, you have to add USB quirk XYZ > to get that model working under FreeBSD." No such luck, it seems. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Paul. > > > >> > >> > >> Jack > >> > >> > >> On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 8:35 AM, Paul Mather < > freebsd-lists@gromit.dlib.vt.edu <mailto:freebsd-lists@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>> > wrote: > >> On Aug 3, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Alban Hertroys <haramrae@gmail.com > <mailto:haramrae@gmail.com>> wrote: > >> > >>> On 3 August 2015 at 15:01, Paul Mather < > freebsd-lists@gromit.dlib.vt.edu <mailto:freebsd-lists@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>> > wrote: > >>>> On Aug 2, 2015, at 9:34 PM, Adam McDougall <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu > <mailto:mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu>> 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? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> > >> Paul. > >> > >> _______________________________________________ > >> freebsd-stable@freebsd.org <mailto:freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> mailing > list > >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable < > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable>; > >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to " > freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org <mailto: > freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org>" > >> > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " > > > >
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