Western Digital 1TB My Book Studio

[Sean Bruno]

Stephen Bader wrote:
> I am trying to connect a Western Digital 1TB My Book Studio to my 
> FreeBSD 6.2-Stable box via Firewire 400 without much luck.
>
> When I connect the drive via USB, it works just fine. When I connect 
> via Firewire 400, the drive is detected, but never becomes available 
> via da0. Below is the output with debug.firewire_debug=1. I have 
> connected other Firewire 400 devices to this machine without a 
> problem. I also updated the firmware on this drive to verify that is 
> not the cause of the problem.
>
> I should note that this drive does not actually have any Firewire 400 
> ports on it, but instead came with a cable that is Firewire 800 on one 
> side (which connects to the drive), and Firewire 400 on the other. The 
> drive does support Firewire 400 though, and I have confirmed this by 
> connecting it to a Firewire 400 port on my Mac.
>
> Can someone point me in the right direction to begin troubleshooting 
> this? I am actually considering buying a PCI Firewire 800 card for 
> this box so I can get more speed, but I want to make sure it will work 
> first.
>
> Thanks,
>
Is the Drive 400/800 compatible?  If so, I'm looking into a speed 
negotiation issue right now that may work for you.

Sean