FreeBSD reports that disks are 1 sector smaller when connected via
a usb-to-sata bridge than when connected to a sata controller.
This creates a problem when migrating a disk from a sata controller
to a usb bridge, the data in the last sector is no longer accessable.
How do I access the disk's
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- Original Message -
From: Dieter BSD
Sent: 09/07/12 11:28 AM
To: Warner Losh
Subject: Re: Disks are 1 sector smaller with USB bridge
- Original Message -
From: Warner Losh
Sent: 09/06/12 08:27 PM
To: Dieter BSD
Subject: Re: Disks are 1
A very small PCIe x1 card with USB 3.0 controller, a USB cable,
and a small pcb with a PCIe x16 slot. Intended to allow using
x16 video cards with x1 slots, and reducing power/space/cooling
demands on mainboard.
Claim: "No Driver necessary"
Can these things possibly work?
If they do, it seems
10.3-RELEASE
amd64 with ECC memory
VIA VL805 USB 3.0 controller
ue0 is Siig USB-to-Ethernet Chipset: AX88179
ugen0.7: at usbus0, cfg=0 md=HOST
spd=SUPER (5.0Gbps) pwr=ON (124mA)
ue0: flags=8c43 metric 0
mtu 1500