This went off-list, which was not my intention. -- ryan
Begin forwarded message: > From: Ryan Coleman <[email protected]> > Date: August 2, 2010 2:47:48 PM CDT > To: Bill Tillman <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: USB Hard Drive Dock > > Bill, > > I am not sure I follow what you're saying? FreeBSD will not discover a hard > drive like this on a "hot swap" (just connecting the drive to the bridge > while plugged in via USB -- in fact that could kill your USB bridge if you > don't do it right - a risk in ANY hot swap attempt). > > If you disconnect the USB, then connect a drive, then reconnect the USB does > it find your drive? > > If so, that's your route. I don't know if *anyone* on this list would > recommend you do a traditional hot swap like what you've described. Unless > the case if you have a lot of money to spend on replacing PCI USB bridges or > motherboards. > > -- > Ryan > > On Aug 2, 2010, at 12:18 PM, Bill Tillman wrote: > >> I just purchased a setup which will allow me to access IDE and/or SATA >> drives through a USB port. Of course I was hoping for it to work with >> FreeBSD and in spite of the reviews which said it needed no Windows drivers >> as soon as I opened it up there was a CD with the drivers for Windows on it. >> >> When I hook this thing up to my FreeBSD server it shows up like this: >> >> Jul 31 15:06:29 FreeBSD1 root: Unknown USB device: vendor 0x152d product >> 0x2338 bus uhub1 >> Jul 31 15:06:29 FreeBSD1 kernel: usbd_set_config_index: could not read >> device status: USB_ERR_SHORT_XFER >> Jul 31 15:06:29 FreeBSD1 kernel: ugen1.2: <JMicron> at usbus1 >> Jul 31 15:06:29 FreeBSD1 kernel: umass0: <MSC Bulk-Only Transfer> on usbus1 >> Jul 31 15:06:29 FreeBSD1 kernel: umass0: SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = >> 0x4000 >> Jul 31 15:06:30 FreeBSD1 kernel: umass0:0:0:-1: Attached to scbus0 >> Jul 31 15:06:31 FreeBSD1 kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): TEST UNIT READY. >> CDB: 0 0 0 0 0 0 >> Jul 31 15:06:31 FreeBSD1 kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM status: SCSI >> Status Error >> Jul 31 15:06:31 FreeBSD1 kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI status: >> Check Condition >> Jul 31 15:06:31 FreeBSD1 kernel: (probe0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI sense: NOT >> READY asc:3a,0 (Medium not present) >> Jul 31 15:06:31 FreeBSD1 kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus0 target 0 lun >> 0 >> Jul 31 15:06:31 FreeBSD1 kernel: da0: < > Fixed Direct Access SCSI-2 device >> Jul 31 15:06:31 FreeBSD1 kernel: da0: 40.000MB/s transfers >> Jul 31 15:06:31 FreeBSD1 kernel: da0: Attempt to query device size failed: >> NOT READY, Medium not present >> Jul 31 15:06:31 FreeBSD1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ CAPACITY(10). >> CDB: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 >> Jul 31 15:06:31 FreeBSD1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM status: SCSI >> Status Error >> Jul 31 15:06:31 FreeBSD1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI status: Check >> Condition >> Jul 31 15:06:31 FreeBSD1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI sense: NOT >> READY asc:3a,0 (Medium not present) >> Jul 31 15:06:31 FreeBSD1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): READ CAPACITY(10). >> CDB: 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 >> Jul 31 15:06:31 FreeBSD1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): CAM status: SCSI >> Status Error >> Jul 31 15:06:31 FreeBSD1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI status: Check >> Condition >> Jul 31 15:06:31 FreeBSD1 kernel: (da0:umass-sim0:0:0:0): SCSI sense: NOT >> READY asc:3a,0 (Medium not present) >> >> So apparently the FreeBSD server senses when this thing is connected but it >> cannot see the drive connected to it. BTW - The FreeBSD server only reports >> anything when I power up the drive on the device. So again I see there might >> be hope to access it. >> >> Of course I cannot mount anything as /dev/da0s1...etc are not there, only >> /dev/da0. The drive I'm attempting to mount was the main drive in another >> FreeBSD server I had working. The drive is ok and I can mount it using other >> methods. But this hot-swap USB method has some advantaged I'd like to use. >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> [email protected] mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]" > _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
