On 2/12/25 16:53, Filip Cernoch wrote:
Hello,
to transfer some backup onto my OpenBSD machine, I got myself a
USB-to-SATA adapter, however when I connect the my HDD over the
adapter to my machine, it doesn't appear anywhere. Neither in
"sysctl hw.disknames" nor is there any new message in dmesg.
I know that my HDD is functional and so is the adapter, when
I tried both on another machine (not running OpenBSD), which
leads me to assume that there simply is no driver yet, but I
wanted to ask whether this assumption is true or somebody
actually had such a device working on an OpenBSD machine. Regarding the
adapter itself, I could not find any information about it. I bought it
off an online marketplace earlier this week and on the site I bought it
from, there wasn't much information, such as a name or anything,
neither is there any name printed on the thing itself.
Are such SATA-to-USB adapters supported?
In general, yes.
But they are often deficient in the quality department.
If so, which particular adapter device could you get it working with? (I
want to know the particular model, so I could get one myself too.)
I've used a number of these things; usually the cheapest my local
supplier has on the shelf. They Just Work (though as indicated,
they often have issues that can be seen across platforms).
The fact that NOTHING shows up in dmesg pretty well indicates a fairly
basic problem -- either your port is dead, OpenBSD's support of your
USB ports is having an issue, or there's a mechanical problem between
that port and that adapter that's preventing the USB port from even
detecting a device there.
Nick.
