From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sun Sep 2 00:39:35 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 AD36E16A418 for ; Sun, 2 Sep 2007 00:39:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xrayv19@yahoo.com) Received: from web58105.mail.re3.yahoo.com (web58105.mail.re3.yahoo.com [68.142.236.128]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 5CD1213C46A for ; Sun, 2 Sep 2007 00:39:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xrayv19@yahoo.com) Received: (qmail 74541 invoked by uid 60001); 2 Sep 2007 00:39:34 -0000 DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; q=dns; c=nofws; s=s1024; d=yahoo.com; h=X-YMail-OSG:Received:Date:From:Subject:To:Cc:In-Reply-To:MIME-Version:Content-Type:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Message-ID; b=vGjts6D5jb0coTJNBmDH7LiBSuKde5bw64OwJ+0lSdnby1gxsVyjlufqGlfLgoiaBt487JUJ4zcKMNrCqxTH8SeNj3RMJ7Znddtc661BB3d+5FUrNJGiKbtm5+TAllhnf9dhONH92TiDnU2FAXgL54fY+FVumLn6FafSmjFfMzU=; X-YMail-OSG: dixu8e8VM1mriI.sAsxdMYouA.K4KbcrQwsLDAUOm1B2ijOptELuETj_mLm2nkdJu5yTZ7m2R5V3h0gAEzEUUNRgt_YVVU9_97Q- Received: from [131.191.82.223] by web58105.mail.re3.yahoo.com via HTTP; Sat, 01 Sep 2007 17:39:34 PDT Date: Sat, 1 Sep 2007 17:39:34 -0700 (PDT) From: L Goodwin To: Dan Nelson In-Reply-To: <20070901232009.GA52775@dan.emsphone.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: <588773.74384.qm@web58105.mail.re3.yahoo.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Problem mounting I-Stick2 USB flash 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: Sun, 02 Sep 2007 00:39:35 -0000 --- Dan Nelson wrote: > In the last episode (Sep 01), L Goodwin said: > > --- Dan Nelson wrote: > > > In the last episode (Aug 31), L Goodwin said: > > > > Under FreeBDS 6.2, the following command works > for a 256MBMemorex > > > > Mini TravelDrive, but not for a 256MB > Intelligent Stick > > > > (I-Stick): > > > > > > > > mount_msdosfs /dev/da3s1 /mnt > > > > > > > > It fails with "mount_msdosfs: /dev/da3s1: No > such file or > > > > directory". > > > > > > What does "ls -l /dev/da3*" print? Maybe the > filesystem is on a > > > different slice. Or, if there's no slices, try > mounting /dev/da3 > > > directly. > > > > Mounting /dev/da3 directly worked (thought I had > tried that last > > night, but must not have). Thanks! > > > > I don't understand why there is a difference > between the two flash > > drives (both are FAT). Is there a way to > accurately predict what the > > mount point should be on these? > > Not really. An external drive could have > filesystems on one or more > slices if there's an fdisk partition table, or if > it's unpartitioned > (like a floppy disk), there will be a single > filesystem on the raw disk > device itself. One thing you can do is load the > glabel module, which > will scan new devices and create device nodes based > on the filesystem's > label. Then you can just mount whatever label > appears in /dev/msdosfs/. Cool! Thanks! > > -- > Dan Nelson > dnelson@allantgroup.com > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Pinpoint customers who are looking for what you sell. http://searchmarketing.yahoo.com/