Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 10:45:58 +0000 From: vittorio <vdemart1@tin.it> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flash Disk Message-ID: <200601061045.58881.vdemart1@tin.it> In-Reply-To: <001b01c61287$bf89c580$210110ac@fortunato> References: <00fd01c6123e$eb4110a0$210110ac@fortunato> <20060105221957.GA1050@flame.pc> <001b01c61287$bf89c580$210110ac@fortunato>
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With all my USB pens I invariably use: /sbin/mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt And it works. Vittorio Alle 06:09, venerd=EC 06 gennaio 2006, Teilhard Knight ha scritto: > > 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/da= 0" > 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 yo= ur > flash disk? > > Thanks for your feedback. > > Teilhard. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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