External Hard drive

[Lloyd Hayes]

The information which you requested is at the bottom. dmesg, fstab, and 
rc.conf.
While the 'dmesg' refers to a printer, I haven't hooked one up to this 
system yet. I figured that I would deal with one problem at a time. So 
far, none of the UNIX type systems has liked much of my equipment, and I 
have a lot more to add to it....

In reading your message, I see that I need to clear one point up. I've 
had version 5.0, 5.2, 5.2.1 and 5.3 of FreeBSD on this laptop. I have 
also had several versions of Linux on this laptop. It is a test computer 
for trying out various systems to see what will work for me. The systems 
installed were installed after the hard disk was re-formated and wiped 
clean. There was no remaining information on the hard drive. It was a 
completely clean install.
(Note: If you remove the FreeBSD partitions, then simply re-create a 
FreeBSD partition system on the same drive, the information is still 
there on the hard drive. You can even read your old files.  I wiped the 
drive before installing  it by writing to every block on the hard drive 
between removing one and installing the next operating system. I have a 
couple of special programs which run from a floppy which do this.)
 
I use computers all day, every day. I'm a truck driver. Computers are 
integrated into the trucking business. Trucking companies employ a vast 
number of IT professionals. In the last few years, drivers have had to 
learn about computers. I had a head start. In many communities and for 
several years now, truck drivers are the most numerous group of computer 
buyers. I need a computer in my truck everyday, and at home when I'm 
there, and I need them all day long. Computers that I can count on. 
Microsoft systems have never been real dependable. With the various 
viruses floating around, they have become even less dependable. I have 
been looking to see what I can replace the MS operating system with for 
daily usage. When I am satisfied, then that operating system will end up 
on several of my computers. But not until then.  I haven't found any 
that I am satisfied with. But I attribute that to my own lack of 
knowledge on UNIX type systems, and on networking in general. Using this 
older backup computer is the way that I have chosen to figure this out.

FreeBSD seems to be very difficult for me to learn, but I also think 
that it may be the way to go, too.

Lloyd Hayes

Email: lloyd545220-trucker at yahoo.com
URL: http://TalkingStaff.bravehost.com 
E-FAX Number: (208) 248-6590




Jeremy Faulkner wrote:

>On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 17:15, Lloyd Hayes wrote:
>  
>
>>Yes, this drive works fine under windows XP. It has fat32 file system on it.
>>
>>When I had FBSD v5.2.1 on this computer several months ago and the 
>>system recognized it fine. But none of the Linux distros would recognize it.
>>
>>However, I realized last night that this installation of FBSD is not 
>>recognizing my 40 GB Buslink hard which all versions of UNIX has 
>>recognized, including FBSD when I had it on before. I use this drive all 
>>of the time. FBSD did recognize it during the installation process, but 
>>I hadn't looked at it since until last night. It also has a Fat32 
>>format. I'm beginning that SSH is the problem. I did not have it 
>>installed before.
>>
>>Lloyd Hayes
>>    
>>
>
>How could SSH possibly be the problem. If you had FreeBSD installed
>before and it saw the drive, which is my understanding from your
>previous email to the list, then you had SSH installed before because
>ssh has been in the base install for quite a while.
>
>You listed the symptoms of your problem and your interpretation of them,
>could you now post your dmesg, fstab and rc.conf to the list so we can
>actually help instead of just listen to you describe your problem?
>  
>
Dmesg:
Copyright (c) 1992-2004 The FreeBSD Project.
Copyright (c) 1979, 1980, 1983, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994
    The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
FreeBSD 5.2.1-RELEASE #0: Mon Feb 23 20:45:55 GMT 2004
    root at wv1u.btc.adaptec.com:/usr/obj/usr/src/sys/GENERIC
Preloaded elf kernel "/boot/kernel/kernel" at 0xc0a35000.
Preloaded elf module "/boot/kernel/acpi.ko" at 0xc0a351f4.
Timecounter "i8254" frequency 1193182 Hz quality 0
CPU: Pentium/P55C (quarter-micron) (233.86-MHz 586-class CPU)
  Origin = "GenuineIntel"  Id = 0x581  Stepping = 1
  Features=0x8001bf<FPU,VME,DE,PSE,TSC,MSR,MCE,CX8,MMX>
real memory  = 234860544 (223 MB)
avail memory = 218488832 (208 MB)
Intel Pentium detected, installing workaround for F00F bug
npx0: [FAST]
npx0: <math processor> on motherboard
npx0: INT 16 interface
acpi0: <PTLTD    RSDT  > on motherboard
pcibios: BIOS version 2.10
Using $PIR table, 12 entries at 0xc00f6610
acpi0: Power Button (fixed)
Timecounter "ACPI-safe" frequency 3579545 Hz quality 1000
acpi_timer0: <24-bit timer at 3.579545MHz> port 0x8008-0x800b on acpi0
acpi_cpu0: <CPU> on acpi0
acpi_tz0: <Thermal Zone> on acpi0
acpi_cmbat0: <Control Method Battery> on acpi0
acpi_acad0: <AC Adapter> on acpi0
acpi_button0: <Sleep Button> on acpi0
pcib0: <ACPI Host-PCI bridge> port 0xcf8-0xcff on acpi0
pci0: <ACPI PCI bus> on pcib0
pcib0: slot 2 INTA is routed to irq 10
pcib0: slot 7 INTD is routed to irq 10
pci0: <display, VGA> at device 2.0 (no driver attached)
isab0: <PCI-ISA bridge> at device 7.0 on pci0
isa0: <ISA bus> on isab0
atapci0: <Intel PIIX4 UDMA33 controller> port 0xfcd0-0xfcdf at device 
7.1 on pci0
ata0: at 0x1f0 irq 14 on atapci0
ata0: [MPSAFE]
ata1: at 0x170 irq 15 on atapci0
ata1: [MPSAFE]
uhci0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> port 0xfce0-0xfcff irq 
10 at device 7.2 on pci0
usb0: <Intel 82371AB/EB (PIIX4) USB controller> on uhci0
usb0: USB revision 1.0
uhub0: Intel UHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub0: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
uhub1: Genesys Logic USB Hub, class 9/0, rev 1.01/0.12, addr 2
uhub1: 4 ports with 4 removable, bus powered
pci0: <bridge, PCI-unknown> at device 7.3 (no driver attached)
cbb0: <TI1220 PCI-CardBus Bridge> at device 10.0 on pci0
cardbus0: <CardBus bus> on cbb0
pccard0: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb0
pcib0: slot 10 INTA is routed to irq 10
cbb0: [MPSAFE]
cbb1: <TI1220 PCI-CardBus Bridge> at device 10.1 on pci0
cardbus1: <CardBus bus> on cbb1
pccard1: <16-bit PCCard bus> on cbb1
pcib0: slot 10 INTB is routed to irq 10
cbb1: [MPSAFE]
acpi_ec0: <Embedded Controller: GPE 0x9> port 0x66,0x62 on acpi0
sio0 port 0x3f8-0x3ff irq 4 on acpi0
sio0: type 16550A
sio1 port 0x2f8-0x2ff irq 3 drq 3 on acpi0
sio1: type 16550A
ppc0 port 0x778-0x77a,0x378-0x37f irq 7 on acpi0
ppc0: Generic chipset (ECP/PS2/NIBBLE) in COMPATIBLE mode
ppc0: FIFO with 16/16/8 bytes threshold
ppbus0: <Parallel port bus> on ppc0
plip0: <PLIP network interface> on ppbus0
lpt0: <Printer> on ppbus0
lpt0: Interrupt-driven port
ppi0: <Parallel I/O> on ppbus0
fdc0: <Enhanced floppy controller (i82077, NE72065 or clone)> port 
0x3f7,0x3f0-0x3f5 irq 6 drq 2 on acpi0
fdc0: FIFO enabled, 8 bytes threshold
fd0: <1440-KB 3.5" drive> on fdc0 drive 0
atkbdc0: <Keyboard controller (i8042)> port 0x64,0x60 irq 1 on acpi0
atkbd0: <AT Keyboard> flags 0x1 irq 1 on atkbdc0
kbd0 at atkbd0
psm0: <PS/2 Mouse> irq 12 on atkbdc0
psm0: model Generic PS/2 mouse, device ID 0
orm0: <Option ROM> at iomem 0xc0000-0xcbfff on isa0
pmtimer0 on isa0
sc0: <System console> at flags 0x100 on isa0
sc0: VGA <16 virtual consoles, flags=0x300>
vga0: <Generic ISA VGA> at port 0x3c0-0x3df iomem 0xa0000-0xbffff on isa0
Timecounter "TSC" frequency 233864917 Hz quality 800
Timecounters tick every 10.000 msec
acpi_cpu: throttling enabled, 8 steps (100% to 12.5%), currently 100.0%
cardbus0: <network, ethernet> at device 0.0 (no driver attached)
cbb0: CardBus card activation failed
cardbus1: Resource not specified in CIS: id=10, size=1000
ohci0: <NEC uPD 9210 USB controller> mem 0x88002000-0x88002fff irq 10 at 
device 0.0 on cardbus1
usb1: OHCI version 1.0
GEOM: create disk ad0 dp=0xc2a55360
ad0: 6194MB <TOSHIBA MK6409MAV> [13424/15/63] at ata0-master UDMA33
acd0: CDROM <UJDA110> at ata1-master PIO4
usb1: <NEC uPD 9210 USB controller> on ohci0
usb1: USB revision 1.0
uhub2: NEC OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub2: 3 ports with 3 removable, self powered
Mounting root from ufs:/dev/ad0s1a
cardbus1: Resource not specified in CIS: id=10, size=1000
ohci1: <NEC uPD 9210 USB controller> mem 0x88003000-0x88003fff irq 10 at 
device 0.1 on cardbus1
usb2: OHCI version 1.0
usb2: <NEC uPD 9210 USB controller> on ohci1
usb2: USB revision 1.0
uhub3: NEC OHCI root hub, class 9/0, rev 1.00/1.00, addr 1
uhub3: 2 ports with 2 removable, self powered
umass0: Buslink USB 2.0 Hard Drive, rev 2.00/11.00, addr 2
cardbus1: Resource not specified in CIS: id=10, size=100
cardbus1: <serial bus, USB> at device 0.2 (no driver attached)
GEOM: create disk da0 dp=0xc2be6050
da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
da0: <SAMSUNG SV4002H QP10> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-0 device
da0: 1.000MB/s transfers
da0: 38204MB (78242976 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 4870C)
umass1: Acer Labs USB 2.0 Storage Device, rev 2.00/1.03, addr 2
GEOM: create disk cd0 dp=0xc2ae6600
cd0 at umass-sim1 bus 1 target 0 lun 0
cd0: < COMBO-52X16C 1.83> Removable CD-ROM SCSI-0 device
cd0: 1.000MB/s transfers
cd0: Attempt to query device size failed: NOT READY, Medium not present 
- tray closed

fstab:
# Device        Mountpoint    FStype    Options        Dump    Pass#
/dev/ad0s1b        none        swap    sw        0    0
/dev/ad0s1a        /        ufs    rw        1    1
/dev/ad0s1e        /tmp        ufs    rw        2    2
/dev/ad0s1f        /usr        ufs    rw        2    2
/dev/ad0s1d        /var        ufs    rw        2    2
/dev/cd0        /cdrom        cd9660    ro,noauto    0    0
/dev/acd0        /cdrom1        cd9660    ro,noauto    0    0
/dev/da0                /usb0           msdos   noauto          0       0

rc.conf
# This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
# Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.

# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
# Created: Sat Oct 30 01:02:14 2004
# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sat Oct 30 01:02:14 2004
svr4_enable="YES"
linux_enable="YES"
ibcs2_enable="YES"
usbd_enable="YES"
lpd_enable="YES"
moused_enable="YES"
named_enable="YES"
apm_enable="YES"
# This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
# Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.

# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
# Created: Sat Oct 30 01:24:16 2004
# This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
# Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.

# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
# Created: Sat Oct 30 09:16:21 2004
# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sat Oct 30 09:16:21 2004
exim_enable="YES"
sendmail_enable="NONE"
router_flags="-q"
router="/sbin/routed"
router_enable="YES"
rpcbind_enable="YES"
rpc_statd_enable="YES"
rpc_lockd_enable="YES"
sshd_enable="YES"
rwhod_enable="YES"
inetd_enable="YES"
# This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
# Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.

# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
# Created: Sat Oct 30 19:42:27 2004
# This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
# Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.

# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
# Created: Sat Oct 30 20:44:21 2004
# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sat Oct 30 20:44:21 2004
ipv6_enable="YES"
#hostname="traveler2.hayes.org"
start_vinum="yes"
# This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
# Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.

# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
# Created: Sat Oct 30 21:38:26 2004
# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sat Oct 30 21:38:26 2004
#hostname="localhost.hayes.org"
# This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
# Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.

# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
# Create
#hostname="traveler2.hayes.org"
d: Sat Oct 30 21:53:26 2004
# This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
# Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.

# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
# Created: Sun Oct 31 10:47:38 2004
# -- sysinstall generated deltas -- # Sun Oct 31 10:47:38 2004
hostname="traveler2.hayes.org"
# This file now contains just the overrides from /etc/defaults/rc.conf.
# Please make all changes to this file, not to /etc/defaults/rc.conf.

# Enable network daemons for user convenience.
# Created: Sun Oct 31 11:32:05 2004