Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 00:09:26 -0600 From: "Teilhard Knight" <teilhk@crosswinds.net> To: "FreeBDS" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Flash Disk Message-ID: <001b01c61287$bf89c580$210110ac@fortunato> References: <00fd01c6123e$eb4110a0$210110ac@fortunato> <20060105221957.GA1050@flame.pc>
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> On 2006-01-05 15:28, Teilhard Knight <teilhk@crosswinds.net> wrote: >> Can someone tell me, or point to me where I can find, how to >> mount a Flash Disk in release 6.0? I have Googled, but I simply >> cannot find the right way. An icon to mount and unmount on the >> desktop would be nice. Thanks. > > When I plug my USB JetFlash disk, the following appears in > /var/log/messages (and the system console, but I mostly use X11 > these days): > > umass0: USB Flash Disk, rev 2.00/2.00, addr 2 > da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > da0: Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device > da0: 1.000MB/s transfers > da0: 250MB (512000 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 250C) I get something similar too. The Device Node is created all right. > When you plug the USB flash disk in, /dev/da0 (or another daX > device) is automatically created. If the flash disk already has > partitions (they usually come with a single FAT partition), > you'll also see da0s1 or something similar: > > # ls -l /dev/da* > crw-r----- 1 root operator - 4, 44 Oct 16 17:38 /dev/da0 Yes, I also get something similar to this. > If you see only da0, it's possible that the 'raw disk' is > formatted using FAT, without a real BIOS-style partition, which > means that you should be able to 'mount' it with something like: > > # /sbin/mount_msdosfs /dev/da0 /mnt I do not only see da0 above and this command results in: "mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0: Invalid argument" > That's it. Copy files to and from the /mnt directory. When you > are done, make sure you unmount the flash disk before removing > it. If you don't, chances are your kernel will panic when it > discovers the physical flash disk is gone. > > # umount /mnt > > Now, it's safe to pull the flash disk out. You told me how to mount my flash disk in case the command "ls -l /dev/da0" results incomplete or I have the disk raw formatted. But what should I do if I get all similar to what you get? In other words, how do you mount your flash disk? Thanks for your feedback. Teilhard.
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