A. Dumas  wrote:
>
> It'll probably be fine, but there is a chance, probably more so if you
> use very cheap or obscure USB-SATA adapters, that you will get bad
> performance: https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=245931
>

Looks like I might have blown it. I ended up getting a Sabrent EC-UASP adapter:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00OJ3UJ2S/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00
?ie=UTF8&psc=1

along with this Seagate 1TB drive:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07H28QRKN/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00
?ie=UTF8&psc=1

and a powered hub:
https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00TPMEOYM/ref=ppx_yo_dt_b_asin_title_o00_s00
?ie=UTF8&psc=1

The adapter appears to be exactly what you were trying to warn me about 8-(
I'd had good experience with Sabrent in the past, and didn't check first.

However, the combination seems to work and boot RaspiOS Buster on a Pi3.
It also appears to work with FreeBSD. I haven't yet gone through the
blacklisting tests described in the Raspberry Pi forum article.

I also note there's a firmware update download for the adapter, but
it seems to require a Windows PC to run, which I don't have.

My bad.....at least it seems to work with USB2.0

Thanks for reading,

bob prohaska

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