Re: Can't see USB disk device

From: Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <m.e.sanliturk_at_gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Mar 2022 13:02:59 UTC
On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 3:38 PM Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <
m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> wrote:

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> On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 10:58 AM Mehmet Erol Sanliturk <
> m.e.sanliturk@gmail.com> wrote:
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>> On Tue, Mar 15, 2022 at 5:56 AM joe mcguckin <joe@via.net> wrote:
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>>> FreeeBSD 12.3-Release
>>>
>>> I’m trying to mount a 3.5” SATA drive mounted in an external enclosure
>>> with a USB interface,  formatted with NTFS. When I plug in the USB disk, I
>>> do not see the device. All I see from the log is:
>>>
>>>     ugen7.2: <CalDigit AVPro2 Hub> at usbus7
>>>
>>> I assume the CALDIGIT enclosure has a hub chip to accomodate all the
>>> different interfaces (USBA, USBC, mini USB).
>>>
>>> Although FreeBSD won’t mount the disk automatically (I’ll be using the
>>> NTFS fuse fs for that), I’d expect to see a log message where FreeBSD sees
>>> the SATA/USB drive.
>>>
>>>
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>>> Shouldn't a hub be transparent and the mass storage USB device be
>>> enumerated?
>>>
>>> I should mention that this works flawlessly on the Mac…
>>>
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>> In Fedora Linux KDE , attaching and using a USB  NTFS  hard disk is only
>> selecting it from the Dolphin file manager when it is attached and
>> doing whatever you want with it .
>>
>> Only so much , no more anything ( except by selecting
>> ( such disks to be mounted automatically when they are attached )
>> from "Settings" related menus only one time  ) .
>> I am not using anything other than KDE .
>>
>>
>> With my best wishes ,
>>
>>
>> Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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> If you are using KDE in FreeBSD or you can use it ,
> it will be possible to use mount the USB NTFS hard disks when
> they are attached .
> Perhaps there may be some adjustments to "Settings" related menu .
> I have not used FreeBSD for a long time ( perhaps since 9.2 ) because in my
> computers FreeBSD was not working at sufficient speed .
> I  think other FreeBSD users will help you if you ask .
>
>
>
> As a response to my one of the message , they explained to me how to
> mount hard disk in user land without root privileges .
> I am sorry that I have deleted all of my previous messages due to my error
> .
> I am not sure what message it was .
> If you ask , they will respond to you also .
>
>
> The suggested  program for Linux was the following :
>
>
> whereis udisks2
> udisks2
> /usr/libexec/udisks2
> /usr/libexec/udisks2/udisks2
> /usr/libexec/udisks2/udisksd
> whereis udisks*
> whereis udisk*
> udisks
> man udisks
> udisks --dump
> udisks --mount /dev/sde1 /pack
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> There should be another possibility to use  "devd" .
>
> If you search the following phrases in Google one by one :
>
> freebsd devd
> freebsd devd usb
>
> freebsd devfs
> freebsd devfs usb
>
> you may find sufficient links to study ...
>
>
>
> Mehmet Erol Sanliturk
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>
>
>

Some more links :



https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-stable/2016-January/084002.html
Auto-mounting USB NTFS formatted devices on FreeBSD 10.2 and HEAD


https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-current/2016-May/060963.html
boot fails "Can't stat /dev/da0a: No such file or directory" : Mounting USB
disk during boot



https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/63534/
DSBMD - a media mounting daemon/automounter for FreeBSD


https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/freebsd-questions/2018-February/280835.html
Automount USB drive when connected



https://www.google.com/search?q=Automount+USB+drive+when+connected+by+user&sxsrf=APq-WButOLJKU3nyyuxemHLUKUhS31NZMw%3A1647349213563&source=hp&ei=3Y0wYo7UH-OExc8P0ZCyWA&iflsig=AHkkrS4AAAAAYjCb7f4PBe2AzJSFP9as96m2vj8axyOo&ved=0ahUKEwjOtsWFlsj2AhVjQvEDHVGIDAsQ4dUDCAY&uact=5&oq=Automount+USB+drive+when+connected+by+user&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAM6BQghEKABOggIIRAWEB0QHjoECCEQFVAAWLNnYKd8aABwAHgAgAGoAYgBgwqSAQMwLjmYAQCgAQKgAQE&sclient=gws-wiz
Automount USB drive when connected by user




https://www.google.com/search?q=Automount+USB+drive+when+connected+in+userland&sxsrf=APq-WBvXeDXCaUCWuQp0t9FR6J1RuyYiAg%3A1647349233624&ei=8Y0wYprWJY2Xxc8Pk_-RuAc&ved=0ahUKEwjakpCPlsj2AhWNS_EDHZN_BHcQ4dUDCA0&uact=5&oq=Automount+USB+drive+when+connected+in+userland&gs_lcp=Cgdnd3Mtd2l6EAM6BwgAEEcQsAM6BQghEKABOgQIIxAnOggIIRAWEB0QHjoHCCEQChCgAUoECEEYAEoECEYYAFCw3QFYhoMCYPCIAmgCcAF4AIABtQGIAcYSkgEEMC4xOJgBAKABAcgBCMABAQ&sclient=gws-wiz
Automount USB drive when connected in userland



Mehmet Erol Sanliturk





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>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Joe
>>>
>>> Joe McGuckin
>>> ViaNet Communications
>>>
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