Hello, > I'd like to buy one of those USB storage devices that come > in different aspects (cigar/pen) and sizes (64/128/256/512 > MB). > > My main machine does not have USB 2.0 ports (but does have > USB 1) and is running FreeBSD-4.9 > > Do these devices work with FreeBSD-4.9? What kernel options > should I enable?
FreeBSD does have support for USB mass storage, so assuming it's a standard USB mass storage device, it should work. The biggest hassle in my experience is choosing a USB2 controller that works, if you want USB 2.0. On my laptop I have an intel controller, "82801DB/DBM (ICH4/M)" according to pciconf -v -l, and it does work with USB 2 devices on CURRENT. However on 5.2 and below the controller dies when I insert a USB 2 device; though USB 1 works fine. Before the controller started working on CURRENT I went ahead and bought some random USB 2 controller for a stationary machine, since I was unable to find information on what works and what doesn't, but it turned out to not work either (in that I get 'weird' behavior in general; some times devices aren't detected and sometimes I can even get panics). This is on 5.2 though, I haven't tried CURRENT on that machine. It's a Via VT6202 based controller. So in short I think your best bet is to try to make sure you have a controller (built-in on the motherboard or otherwise) that is supported. Unfortunately I can't tell you what works and what doesn't, since I was unable to find that out myself. > if you want to boot from the device. Otherwise I've not > found anything interesting. Perhaps this is just because > they work 'out of the box' and there are no quirks or issues > that merit attention. I don't know about booting off them though. -- / Peter Schuller, InfiDyne Technologies HB PGP userID: 0xE9758B7D or 'Peter Schuller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>' Key retrieval: Send an E-Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.scode.org _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
