Date: Sat, 2 Aug 2008 00:49:54 -0400 From: John Nielsen <lists@jnielsen.net> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, joeb@a1poweruser.com Subject: Re: mount_msdosfs usb flash stick Message-ID: <200808020049.54301.lists@jnielsen.net> In-Reply-To: <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBMECECJAA.joeb@a1poweruser.com> References: <NBECLJEKGLBKHHFFANMBMECECJAA.joeb@a1poweruser.com>
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On Saturday 02 August 2008, joeb wrote: > On 6.2 release of FBSD trying to mount a usb flash memory stick. The > stick has a msdos file system on it and has been loaded with files using > windows xp. When I plug the stick into my FBSD box I get console msg > about da0 device as usb flash memory stick. All looks good at this point. > When is issue this command, mount_msdosfs /dev/da0 /mnt I get this > error msg ' invalid argument' . Also tried this format of the command > with same results. mount -t msdos /dev/da0 /mnt (note typing error > on msdos in first post. Sorry) Most of the time usb drives are partitioned like regular hard drives. Do an "ls /dev/da0*" to see what you have, but you'll probably want: mount -t msdos /dev/da0s1 /mnt JN
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