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Date:      Sat, 4 Feb 2006 20:01:53 +0100
From:      Par Leijonhufvud <par@hunter-gatherer.org>
To:        freebsd-mobile@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: What usb memory sticks work with STABLE and CURRENT?
Message-ID:  <20060204190153.GK241@absaroka.hunter-gatherer.org>
In-Reply-To: <20060203210140.D0E2D45041@ptavv.es.net>
References:  <20060203190748.GJ241@absaroka.hunter-gatherer.org> <20060203210140.D0E2D45041@ptavv.es.net>

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Kevin Oberman <oberman@es.net> [2006.02.03] wrote:
> If you are getting the /dev/da* devices created, that indicates that it
> is working. 

: Feb  4 19:53:05 ojibwe kernel: umass0: SanDisk Corporation Cruzer Micro, rev 2.00/0.20, addr 2
: Feb  4 19:53:06 ojibwe kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
: Feb  4 19:53:06 ojibwe kernel: da0: <SanDisk Cruzer Micro 0.2> Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device 
: Feb  4 19:53:06 ojibwe kernel: da0: 1.000MB/s transfers
: Feb  4 19:53:06 ojibwe kernel: da0: 488MB (1000944 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 488C)

> I'm a bit suspicious of the file system. How was it created?
> I put a UFS file system on mine (or half of mine), but I don't remember
> all of the details. I think I used sysinstall to slice and label
> it. And, of course, I had to newfs it.

About the same for me. I can't recall for sure, but I *think* I made it
FAT16 in the name of universal readability.

> It comes with a FAT file system on it and on all of my newer fobs, I
> just leave it there since I'm usually writing a file to put on someone's
> Windows laptop. "mount -t msdos /dev/da0s1 /mnt"

In order to fix permissions I use "/sbin/mount_msdosfs -u pkg -m 600 -M
700 /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usb". Mostly needed by unison, which will barf,
pout, wimper, and generally missbehave without the -m & -M settings.

/Par

-- 
Par Leijonhufvud                               par@hunter-gatherer.org
It may be better to be a live jackal than a dead lion, but it is better still
to be a live lion. And usually easier.
		-- Lazarus Long (R.A. Heinlein)



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