On Thu, 14 Feb 2013 13:21:38 +0100 Joar Jegleim <joar.jegl...@gmail.com> wrote:
>I could be completely off mark here, but does that external drive have >eSata too ? No, it only has Firewire 400 and USB 2.0 sockets. >Your problem resembles a lot something I struggled with a while ago. >I'd bought an external hd case + a 3TB drive for my girlfriend , the >external hd case supported eSATA and usb . > >I had a lot of problems when connecting that 3TB drive to my laptop >via usb (I didn't have eSATA), the drive showed up as only 2TB . >It turned out that the external drive case required to be connected >via eSATA for +2TB drives, the manual said so, I had only forgotten >about that . Unfortunately, mine did not come with a manual. :-( I suppose I could try it on a USB 2.0 port to see if that makes any difference. > >Via eSATA the drive was recognized as 3TB, I think the 'problem' was >OS agnostic, since the same happened on my girlfriends mac. > The confusing thing is that the kernel says it's a 3 TB device, but the utility programs say otherwise. Thanks for your reply, though. I may have to take the device back to the store I bought it and ask them to demonstrate to me that it actually works for them as a 3 TB drive. Sigh. Scott Bennett, Comm. ASMELG, CFIAG ********************************************************************** * Internet: bennett at mp.cs.niu.edu * *--------------------------------------------------------------------* * "A well regulated and disciplined militia, is at all times a good * * objection to the introduction of that bane of all free governments * * -- a standing army." * * -- Gov. John Hancock, New York Journal, 28 January 1790 * ********************************************************************** _______________________________________________ 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"