Thanks both of you for your swift feedback. Prior to editing scsa2usb.conf:
$ dmesg pr 28 13:43:45 duke usba: [ID 912658 kern.info] USB 2.0 device (usb59f,951) operating at hi speed (USB 2.x) on USB 2.0 root hub: storage at 1, scsa2usb1 at bus address 2 Apr 28 13:43:45 duke usba: [ID 349649 kern.info] LaCie Hard Drive USB 152D203380B6 Apr 28 13:43:45 duke genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] scsa2usb1 is /pci at 0,0/pci1043,8277 at 1a,7/storage at 1 Apr 28 13:43:45 duke genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /pci at 0,0/pci1043,8277 at 1a,7/storage at 1 (scsa2usb1) online Apr 28 13:44:02 duke scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info] sd9 at scsa2usb1: target 0 lun 0 Apr 28 13:44:02 duke genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sd9 is /pci at 0,0/pci1043,8277 at 1a,7/storage at 1/disk at 0,0 Apr 28 13:46:39 duke genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /pci at 0,0/pci1043,8277 at 1a,7/storage at 1/disk at 0,0 (sd9) online Apr 28 15:25:14 duke usba: [ID 912658 kern.info] USB 2.0 device (usb59f,951) operating at hi speed (USB 2.x) on USB 2.0 root hub: storage at 2, scsa2usb0 at bus address 3 Apr 28 15:25:14 duke usba: [ID 349649 kern.info] LaCie Hard Drive USB 152D203380B6 Apr 28 15:25:14 duke genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] scsa2usb0 is /pci at 0,0/pci1043,8277 at 1a,7/storage at 2 Apr 28 15:25:14 duke genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /pci at 0,0/pci1043,8277 at 1a,7/storage at 2 (scsa2usb0) online Apr 28 15:25:31 duke scsi: [ID 193665 kern.info] sd8 at scsa2usb0: target 0 lun 0 Apr 28 15:25:31 duke genunix: [ID 936769 kern.info] sd8 is /pci at 0,0/pci1043,8277 at 1a,7/storage at 2/disk at 0,0 Apr 28 15:28:09 duke genunix: [ID 408114 kern.info] /pci at 0,0/pci1043,8277 at 1a,7/storage at 2/disk at 0,0 (sd8) online After editing scsa2usb to read: attribute-override-list = "vid=* reduced-cmd-support=true"; $ dmesg Apr 28 16:48:35 duke usba: [ID 691482 kern.warning] WARNING: /pci at 0,0/pci1043,8277 at 1a,7 (ehci0): Connecting device on port 1 failed Apr 28 16:48:48 duke usba: [ID 691482 kern.warning] WARNING: /pci at 0,0/pci1043,8277 at 1a,7 (ehci0): Connecting device on port 2 failed And neither disk is listed as connected in cfgadm $ cfgadm usb3/1 unknown disconnected unconfigured ok usb3/2 unknown disconnected unconfigured ok Even more peculiar is that I don't seem to be able to undo this change now. i.e. if I comment out the attribute-override-list setting and reboot, both USB disks are complaining with: $ dmesg Apr 28 17:02:14 duke usba: [ID 691482 kern.warning] WARNING: /pci at 0,0/pci1043,8277 at 1a,7 (ehci0): Connecting device on port 1 failed Apr 28 17:02:17 duke usba: [ID 691482 kern.warning] WARNING: /pci at 0,0/pci1043,8277 at 1a,7 (ehci0): Connecting device on port 2 failed Any ideas? Ben -- This message posted from opensolaris.org