Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 11:02:29 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Patrick Baldwin <Patrick.Baldwin@studsvik.com> Cc: Yi Wang <wangyi6854@gmail.com>, "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mounting Western Digital USB drive? Message-ID: <20071213160229.GB15976@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <47615582.9060202@studsvik.com> References: <475F1727.8050501@studsvik.com> <5ea5cca50712121718j5a5c1964hc7da09a72924bc5b@mail.gmail.com> <47615582.9060202@studsvik.com>
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On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 10:53:38AM -0500, Patrick Baldwin wrote: > Yi Wang wrote: > >Try mount_ntfs /dev/da0 /mnt > > > >some usb disk doesn't have s1 postfix. > > I get: > > webmail# mount_ntfs /dev/da0 /mnt/usbdrive > mount_ntfs: /dev/da0: Invalid argument > > I'm wondering if I need to format the USB drive for use with FreeBSD? I think you will have to use something to divide the disk in to more than one slice, each of which can be what you want - fat32, FreeBSD, etc. or maybe upgrade to a more recent FreeBSD. I tried it with Partition Magic, but it failed because it wouldn't recognize USB disks - not even the 8.0 version which claims it will. I haven't had time to try gparted or any others. Will do so soon. ////jerry > > > >On 12/12/07, Patrick Baldwin <Patrick.Baldwin@studsvik.com> wrote: > >>Hi, I'm trying to mount a 160 GB Western Digital USB 2.0 drive on a > >>FreeBSD 6.2 system. This seemed like it should be relatively simple, > >>but: > >> > >>webmail# mount /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usbdrive > >>mount: /dev/da0s1 on /mnt/usbdrive: incorrect super block > >> > >>OK, it seemed a good chance the USB drive was formatted with NTFS, so I > >>tried: > >> > >>webmail# mount_ntfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usbdrive > >>mount_ntfs: /dev/da0s1: Invalid argument > >> > >>Further reading on mount_ntfs suggested that even if I got it to > >>work, it's not quite what I want: I want read & write access > >>with compressed files supported. > >> > >>dmesg: > >>umass0: Western Digital External HDD, rev 2.00/1.04, addr 2 > >>da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > >>da0: <WD 1600BEV External 1.04> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-4 device > >>da0: 40.000MB/s transfers > >>da0: 152627MB (312581808 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 19457C) > >> > >> usbdevs -v > >>Controller /dev/usb0: > >>addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000), > >>Intel(0x0000), rev 1.00 > >> port 1 powered > >> port 2 powered > >>Controller /dev/usb1: > >>addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000), > >>Intel(0x0000), rev 1.00 > >> port 1 powered > >> port 2 powered > >>Controller /dev/usb2: > >>addr 1: high speed, self powered, config 1, EHCI root hub(0x0000), > >>Intel(0x0000), rev 1.00 > >> port 1 addr 2: high speed, self powered, config 1, External > >>HDD(0x0702), Western Digital(0x1058), rev 1.04 > >> port 2 powered > >> port 3 powered > >> port 4 powered > >> > >>Any help appreciated. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>_______________________________________________ > >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to > >>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > >> > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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