External HD not working

[Marko Turk]

Hi,

On Thu, Apr 21, 2016 at 08:27:18AM +0200, Andrea Venturoli wrote:
> Hello.
> 
> I'm not sure this is a FreeBSD problem (as opposed to an hardware 
> problem), since I've had no chance to test on different OSes...
> 
> I've got a WD RED 3TB SATA drive and it won't work if attached as an 
> external drive.
> 
> 
> 
> I first tried with an USB-to-SATA adapter (which has always worked with 
> different HDs) on a 10.2/i386 and I got:

On which USB port did you connect it? I got similar errors when I
connected it to front USB port but when I connected it to the back USB
port (the one directly connected to motherboard) it worked.

-Marko

> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: da7 at umass-sim1 bus 1 scbus10 target 0 lun 0
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: da7: <WDC WD30 EFRX-68EUZN0 > Fixed Direct Access SPC-3 SCSI device
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: da7: Serial Number 000001D91CC4
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: da7: 40.000MB/s transfers
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: da7: 2861588MB (5860533168 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 364801C)
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: da7: quirks=0xa<NO_6_BYTE,4K>
>  > ...
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 10 00
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): CAM status: CCB request completed with an error
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): Retrying command
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 10 00
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): CAM status: CCB request completed with an error
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): Retrying command
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 10 00
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): CAM status: CCB request completed with an error
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): Retrying command
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 10 00
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): CAM status: CCB request completed with an error
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): Retrying command
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 00 00 00 80 00 00 10 00
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): CAM status: CCB request completed with an error
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): Error 5, Retries exhausted
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 10 00
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): CAM status: CCB request completed with an error
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): Retrying command
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 10 00
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): CAM status: CCB request completed with an error
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): Retrying command
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): READ(10). CDB: 28 00 00 00 00 10 00 00 10 00
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): CAM status: CCB request completed with an error
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): Retrying command
>  > (repeat ad lib until I disconneted it or the box wouldn't boot)
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: da7 at umass-sim1 bus 1 scbus10 target 0 lun 0
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: da7: <WDC WD30 EFRX-68EUZN0 > s/n 000001D91CC4 detached
> > Apr 16 09:04:51 alamar kernel: (da7:umass-sim1:1:0:0): Periph destroyed
> 
> 
> 
> So I tried a eSATA-to-SATA adapter on a 9.3/i386 box, but connecting it 
> didn't trigger anything: everything was like I didn't even plug it in (I 
> heard the drive spinning, though).
> 
> 
> 
> The drive works perfectly on three different computers if connected on 
> the SATA controller on the MB.
> 
> 
> 
> Any hint?
> At least knowing if it's an hardware or FreeBSD limitation could help me 
> get on the right track.
> 
> 
> 
>   bye & Thanks
> 	av.
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