Recommended IDE-to-USB bridge chipsets and hard drive enclosures?

2007-08-13 Thread G. Mirov
Hi All, which of the supported IDE-to-USB (USB-to-IDE) bridge chipsets work best with FreeBSD 4.x and 6.x? Which external IDE-to-USB hard drive enclosures (caddies, cases) would you recommend? Does anyone here use an Icy Box IC-351U with FreeBSD? What chipset is it based on? I've been searching

Re: Recommended IDE-to-USB bridge chipsets and hard drive enclosures?

2007-08-13 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
Hello, On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:17:46 +0200 "G. Mirov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone here use an Icy Box IC-351U with FreeBSD? What chipset > is it based on? FWIW, I have two other IcyBox'es, the IB-251U and IB-270U. Used with FreeBSD 6-stable and 7.0-current, not tested with 4.x. IB-2

Re: Recommended IDE-to-USB bridge chipsets and hard drive enclosures?

2007-08-14 Thread G. Mirov
Hello, On 8/14/07, Torfinn Ingolfsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > FWIW, I have two other IcyBox'es, the IB-251U and IB-270U. Used with > FreeBSD 6-stable and 7.0-current, not tested with 4.x. > > IB-251U: > from /var/log/messages: > Aug 14 01:33:15 kg-work kernel: umass0: Cypress Semiconductor USB

Re: Recommended IDE-to-USB bridge chipsets and hard drive enclosures?

2007-08-15 Thread Torfinn Ingolfsen
On Tue, 14 Aug 2007 23:01:28 +0200 "G. Mirov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Device(0x6830) reveals that it's a Cypress xx6830xx chipset based > bridge, but Is there a way to find out the exact chipset ID (Cypress > 7C68300A-56PVC) of a connected bridge under FreeBSD? Sorry, I don't know anything a

Re: Recommended IDE-to-USB bridge chipsets and hard drive enclosures?

2007-08-19 Thread Zane C.B.
On Mon, 13 Aug 2007 18:17:46 +0200 "G. Mirov" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi All, > > which of the supported IDE-to-USB (USB-to-IDE) bridge chipsets work > best with FreeBSD 4.x and 6.x? > > Which external IDE-to-USB hard drive enclosures (caddies, cases) > would you recommend? > > Does anyone