Of course!! I *always* umount the disk before unplugging it. That didn't stop the OS from freezing. I've been using OpenBSD since 2.6, this never happened to me with any other USB hard disks. This one in particular i bought it a couple of days ago.
On 11/15/2012 6:19 AM, David Diggles wrote: > did you unmount it first? > > Marcos Laufer <mar...@ipv4networks.com> wrote: > >> Hello, i'd like to inform a problem when dettaching an external 1TB USB >> >> disk drive , the system just freezes, i can't type anything. Also It >> stops responding to ping. >> If i don't unplug it then i can use the disk normally, i can copy and >> delete files with no problem. But as soon as i unplug the USB cord, the >> >> machine freezes. >> I've tested it on several machines, different OpenBSD versions starting >> > >from 4.3, i'm not asking for support, i know old OpenBSD versions are >> no >> longer supported, but this seemed pretty odd, i suppose that plugging >> and unplugging a USB disk should not cause any problems on any OS >> version. >> >> These are the lines on dmesg about this disk: >> >> >> Nov 14 16:00:31 hq /bsd: umass0 at uhub0 >> Nov 14 16:00:31 hq /bsd: port 5 configuration 1 interface 0 "Western >> Digital My Passport 0748" rev 2.10/10.15 addr 2 >> Nov 14 16:00:31 hq /bsd: umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only >> Nov 14 16:00:31 hq /bsd: scsibus0 at umass0: 2 targets, initiator 0 >> Nov 14 16:00:31 hq /bsd: sd0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 0: <WD, My Passport >> >> 0748, 1015> SCSI4 0/direct fixed >> Nov 14 16:00:38 hq /bsd: sd0: 953837MB, 512 bytes/sec, 1953458176 sec >> total >> Nov 14 16:00:38 hq /bsd: ses0 at scsibus0 targ 1 lun 1: <WD, SES >> Device, >> 1015> SCSI4 13/enclosure services fixed >> Nov 14 16:00:38 hq /bsd: ses0: unable to read enclosure configuration >> >> Best regards, >> Marcos
