From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Dec 12 16:02:47 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20DDD16A418 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:02:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: from qsmtp3.mc.surewest.net (qsmtp.mc.surewest.net [66.60.130.145]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id ED85013C447 for ; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:02:46 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from drew@mykitchentable.net) Received: (qmail 17107 invoked from network); 12 Dec 2007 08:02:46 -0800 Received: by simscan 1.1.0 ppid: 16883, pid: 16884, t: 45.1049s scanners: regex: 1.1.0 attach: 1.1.0 spam: 3.1.7-deb X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.1.7-deb (2006-10-05) on qsmtp3.surewest.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_05,RCVD_IN_SORBS_DUL autolearn=no version=3.1.7-deb Received: from unknown (HELO blacklamb.mykitchentable.net) (66.205.146.210) by qsmtp3 with SMTP; 12 Dec 2007 08:02:01 -0800 Received: from [192.168.1.3] (bigdaddy.mykitchentable.net [192.168.1.3]) by blacklamb.mykitchentable.net (Postfix) with ESMTP id 28A85164AAE; Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:01:59 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4760060A.2000205@mykitchentable.net> Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:02:18 -0800 From: Drew Tomlinson User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.9 (Windows/20071031) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Patrick.Baldwin@studsvik.com References: <475F1727.8050501@studsvik.com> <20071212111050.GA4575@basement.net> <47600343.2000300@studsvik.com> In-Reply-To: <47600343.2000300@studsvik.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" , Trix Farrar Subject: Re: Mounting Western Digital USB drive? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 12 Dec 2007 16:02:47 -0000 On 12/12/2007 7:50 AM Patrick Baldwin said the following: > Trix Farrar wrote: >> On Tue, Dec 11, 2007 at 06:03:03PM -0500, Patrick Baldwin 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 >>> >> >> It's probably formatted msdosfs. Have you tried: >> >> webmail# mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usbdrive >> > > No, I hadn't, but that doesn't seem to work either: > > mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usbdrive > mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0s1: Invalid argument > > webmail# dmesg > umass0: Western Digital External HDD, rev 2.00/1.04, addr 2 > da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > da0: Fixed Direct Access SCSI-4 device > da0: 40.000MB/s transfers > da0: 152627MB (312581808 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 19457C) > mountmsdosfs(): disk too big, sorry > mountmsdosfs(): disk too big, sorry Just a guess here but it's likely the drive was formatted as NTFS instead of FAT-32 if it's a recent drive. Try mount_ntfs. HTH, Drew -- Be a Great Magician! Visit The Alchemist's Warehouse http://www.alchemistswarehouse.com