Date: Fri, 12 Nov 2004 20:25:50 -0700 From: nick holley <nick.holley@gmail.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FBSD 5.3-STABLE and 200GB USB2 drive Message-ID: <40200b17041112192529738e1f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <b0641e4b04111202541e28ccff@mail.gmail.com> References: <b0641e4b0411110919998d422@mail.gmail.com> <40200b17041112022467e4dac2@mail.gmail.com> <b0641e4b04111202541e28ccff@mail.gmail.com>
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On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:54:40 +0100, Darksidex <humprhey@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:19:40 +0100, Darksidex <humprhey@gmail.com> wrote: > > > That is my problem. I have updated my system to 5.3, and I tried to > > > mount my USB2.0 drive (with 200GB), and the system can't mount it. I > > > had heard that this FBSD version was able to mount this kind of > > > drives, it is true? In that case, what I have to do? > > > > > > > Can you be a little more specific? What errors (if any) do you > > receive? Does the system detect the drive? etc. > > > > Nick > > > > mountmsdosfs(): disk too big (or something like this at this moment I > dont remember) > My systems detects the unit, in /dev/da0s1 > #: mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /internet (/internet directory exists) I'm want to say that your problem is exactly what it says. I think that FreeBSD can only deal with a fat32 partition up to a certain size. You might try to find some information on this or ask on the questions list. You might try splitting it into a couple of different partitions and seeing if that solves your problem. Nick
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