On Aug 3, 2015, at 2:15 PM, Paul Mather <freebsd-li...@gromit.dlib.vt.edu> wrote:
> On Aug 3, 2015, at 12:17 PM, Jack Vogel <jfvo...@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-li...@gromit.dlib.vt.edu <mailto:freebsd-li...@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>> >> wrote: >> On Aug 3, 2015, at 11:09 AM, Alban Hertroys <haram...@gmail.com >> <mailto:haram...@gmail.com>> wrote: >> >>> On 3 August 2015 at 15:01, Paul Mather <freebsd-li...@gromit.dlib.vt.edu >>> <mailto:freebsd-li...@gromit.dlib.vt.edu>> wrote: >>>> On Aug 2, 2015, at 9:34 PM, Adam McDougall <mcdou...@egr.msu.edu >>>> <mailto:mcdou...@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-unsubscr...@freebsd.org >> <mailto:freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org>" >> > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"
