Date: Fri, 16 Nov 2007 14:00:35 -0600 From: Joshua Isom <jrisom@gmail.com> To: RW <fbsd06@mlists.homeunix.com> Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Odd memory stick formatting Message-ID: <872d7612f1aab5af37242400a6622f9c@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <20071116163107.08f98921@gumby.homeunix.com.> References: <20071116163107.08f98921@gumby.homeunix.com.>
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On Nov 16, 2007, at 10:31 AM, RW wrote: > > I have a couple of USB devices that I mount as /dev/da0s1, which what I > would expect. > > I've just got a memory stick that's showing as /dev/da0 & /dev/da0s4. > and only /dev/da0 mounts. The output of fdisk is garbage, showing four > unfeasibly large partitions with unknown sysid values. > > On the other hand it seems to work fine as da0. > > Is this normal, or should I repartition. If the latter is there > anything > particular I need to do to maintain Windows compatibility - I've a > vague recollection that Windows leave a gap before the first > partition, or something. > I've seen some usb flash drives that under windows, mounts as two separate and independent filesystems, one of which is a cd-rom. Try mounting the other partition as cd9660 and see if that works and you get to see all the software they preload onto the drives. > > > _______________________________________________ > 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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