Date: 16 May 2005 19:54:41 -0400 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: "steve" <steve@digitalbluesky.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: A litte more help with creating a freebsd partition on an external usbdrive Message-ID: <44ekc6rake.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20050516180106.44757.qmail@harmony.digitalbluesky.net> References: <20050516170754.BB65B16A4D9@hub.freebsd.org> <20050516180106.44757.qmail@harmony.digitalbluesky.net>
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"steve" <steve@digitalbluesky.net> writes: > This is a follow-up to my earlier question on how to create a freebsd > partition on a usbdrive. I followed these instructions: > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/formatting-media/x163.ht > ml And was able to create a 111 gig freebsd partition on the usb hard > drive, with label da0s1d and /mnt/usbdrive as it's mount point. > However, when I try to: > ># mount /dev/da0s1d /mnt/usbdrive > > I get the error: > ># mount: /dev/da0s1d: no such file or directory > > In /dev I see an entry for da0s1 and da0s1c but no entry for > da0s1d. Any help in determining what I have missed? Steve You say you were able to create it as da0s1d; how do you *know* you were able to do that. It doesn't look as though you did. Are there *any* /dev/da* devices? What if you rescan the USB bus?
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