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Date:      Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:49:04 +0100
From:      Tino Boss <tino.boss.1@student.unibe.ch>
To:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Cc:        "Jeff D. Hamann" <jeff.hamann@forestinformatics.com>
Subject:   Re: can't mount msdos fs on freebsd6?
Message-ID:  <439F17A0.3090307@student.unibe.ch>
In-Reply-To: <004701c60007$dc095cd0$0a00a8c0@rodan>
References:  <004701c60007$dc095cd0$0a00a8c0@rodan>

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Jeff D. Hamann wrote:

> mothra# mount -t msdos /dev/ad0s2 /data
> mount_msdosfs: /dev/ad0s2: Invalid argument

I remember having had a similar problem and it was just a that it was an 
extended partition and somehow it was not displayed with the correct 
number in some utility. If that's your case you might just need another 
device-name. I think numbering for extended partitions starts at 5 (eg. 
ad0s5).

regards
Tino

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