On Wed, Oct 14, 2009 at 12:33 PM, jeffry killen <jekil...@prodigy.net> wrote: > Hello; > How is a usb device accessed on Freebsd. > I installed an SATA drive in a usb enclosure > and plugged in into usb port on the machine. > Console message indicated detection of the > device when the power switch for the usb enclosure > was set to on. > When I did mount -w /dev/usb (or usbN) I got > special device unknown. > Or mount -w /dev/usb (or usbN) /mnt > needs block device. > > There is a first time for everything. > man usb does not tell me. > and Absolute BSD (M. Lucas) does > not say anything about usb devices > let alone how to access them.
try: http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en/books/handbook/usb-disks.html > > Thank you for patience and guidance > Jeff K. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
