Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 18:46:14 +0100 From: Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org> To: Micke Josefsson <mj@isy.liu.se> Cc: Arseny Slobodjuck <ampy@crosswinds.net>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount a DOS volume in extended partition Message-ID: <20000830184614.A254@parish> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.000830161528.mj@isy.liu.se>; from mj@isy.liu.se on Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 04:15:28PM %2B0200 References: <5996.000830@crosswinds.net> <XFMail.000830161528.mj@isy.liu.se>
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On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 04:15:28PM +0200, Micke Josefsson wrote: > > On 30-Aug-00 Arseny Slobodjuck wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > How do I mount a DOS volume in extended partition ? In /dev > > all the extendeded partition named ad0s2, how can I access > > a particular logical disk in it ? > > > > > > > > > > s1-s4 are 'normal' partitions. s5-... are partitions within an extended > partition. So I'd guess you will have to do this: > > cd /dev > ./MAKEDEV ad0s5 > mount_dos /dev/ad0s5 /mnt > That's it, apart from the typo; it should be ``mount_msdos'' although mount -t msdos /dev/ad0s5 /mnt is usually preferred, and of course the best way is to add an entry to /etc/fstab: /dev/ad0s5 /dos msdos rw 0 0 (add noauto to rw if you don't want it mounted at boot, that's ``rw,noauto'', no spaces (and no quotes)). > > > ---------------------------------- > Michael Josefsson, MSEE > mj@isy.liu.se > > This message was sent by XFMail > running on FreeBSD 3.5-STABLE > ---------------------------------- > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message -- 4.4 - The number of the Beastie ________________________________________________________________ 51.44°N FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org 2.057°W My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark mailto:marko@freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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