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Date:      Mon, 3 Aug 2015 14:15:52 -0400
From:      Paul Mather <freebsd-lists@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>
To:        Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com>
Cc:        Alban Hertroys <haramrae@gmail.com>, Adam McDougall <mcdouga9@egr.msu.edu>, freebsd-stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: 4TB Western Digital My Book 1230 USB hard drive not working on 10.2
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On Aug 3, 2015, at 12:17 PM, Jack Vogel <jfvogel@gmail.com> wrote:
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> 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.

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.

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> Jack
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> 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:
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> > 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.
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> I'd love just to get to the "randomly disconnects" stage under FreeBSD =
at this point. :-)
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> Up to now, I have been unable to read ANY data off the drive under =
FreeBSD, either via USB 2 or USB 3. :-(
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> 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?
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> Cheers,
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> Paul.
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