On Friday 22 April 2005 10:48 am, scott renna wrote: > Has anyone had any luck in using external USB2.0 > enclosures on FreeBSD 5.3? I've picked up 2 of them > with different chipsets and have 2 USB2.0 to IDE > converter cables. My kernel has support for ehci so > that's not an issue, but every time i plug one of > these devices it, it's detected as da0 and a umass > device, and I'm told data transfer is limited to > 1Mb/s. attempting to mount da0 doesn't work.
You have to use the disklabel tool and newfs it, of course. :) It's the same as using any USB drive. You might get faster speeds if you plugged it into a usb 2.0 port on your computer - I'm not sure what the limits are. USB HD enclosures are meant to be convenient, not fast. Next time, choose firewire. ;) Randi Harper ---- URL: http://freebsdgirl.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: Randi BSD
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