Date: Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:14:09 -0700 From: Sean Bruno <sbruno@miralink.com> To: Stephen Bader <sbader@comcast.net> Cc: freebsd-firewire@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Western Digital 1TB My Book Studio Message-ID: <487BDDC1.8010801@miralink.com> In-Reply-To: <614D7A0E-CDD9-4D9E-9807-62631E6F29D3@comcast.net> References: <614D7A0E-CDD9-4D9E-9807-62631E6F29D3@comcast.net>
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Stephen Bader wrote: > I am trying to connect a Western Digital 1TB My Book Studio to my > FreeBSD 6.2-Stable box via Firewire 400 without much luck. > > When I connect the drive via USB, it works just fine. When I connect > via Firewire 400, the drive is detected, but never becomes available > via da0. Below is the output with debug.firewire_debug=1. I have > connected other Firewire 400 devices to this machine without a > problem. I also updated the firmware on this drive to verify that is > not the cause of the problem. > > I should note that this drive does not actually have any Firewire 400 > ports on it, but instead came with a cable that is Firewire 800 on one > side (which connects to the drive), and Firewire 400 on the other. The > drive does support Firewire 400 though, and I have confirmed this by > connecting it to a Firewire 400 port on my Mac. > > Can someone point me in the right direction to begin troubleshooting > this? I am actually considering buying a PCI Firewire 800 card for > this box so I can get more speed, but I want to make sure it will work > first. > > Thanks, > Is the Drive 400/800 compatible? If so, I'm looking into a speed negotiation issue right now that may work for you. Sean
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