From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Sat Sep 8 20:29:40 2018 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1B6DFFFD1FB for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2018 20:29:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steven.e.friedrich@gmail.com) Received: from mail-yb1-xb32.google.com (mail-yb1-xb32.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::b32]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G3" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A1C15771DD for ; Sat, 8 Sep 2018 20:29:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from steven.e.friedrich@gmail.com) Received: by mail-yb1-xb32.google.com with SMTP id o17-v6so6647721yba.2 for ; Sat, 08 Sep 2018 13:29:39 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=VwquK3bwtqi51+5SxxPwisoT+IiH6C3PbGwIflWy5F0=; b=oRTjN5FZfSS4ioOPnqxzXBCBCdbxrX5BcaoZjh7RKHN6fo/9i8DEZEI9+KyKlKmVwP BEe1m/OA15k+kqi53q7hexj0nrhmFonir6IYKH2QTZBoYgXo9B/8H7uuJvs1zwpUbGUt U9GlIj4qgvu6IRolj+T1gmpNwaEAEjveBwH9fF8mcOZlDr8Zu9CmzxBffPGYglNMZ6R2 /YyTN7mAroCEhbgcXT012G216dDHijcWzRMJQCYmmPkiX30uDgM72QR+0OYj40Gd8T+C cy7K0cMtq1hu7IJFp15uJOSdd/ULU19v3hYPFc7TYUmJ53Hy39oJBIubJ+pCwdK6WLeL /hqw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:references:in-reply-to:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=VwquK3bwtqi51+5SxxPwisoT+IiH6C3PbGwIflWy5F0=; b=e05BdwCsvTvUdmCwNXoNZSTLPIsEhd727/Xew7djnpSWcR4TH6HZV6BBNe2/Oxaaus qnQxHN1V8e1wtlvrMiNmkBwxd7M98w375cAePg0XGSk26gTxUNZ2YKSIfOqRR2omqofZ Fb0FE0nOzXpXaU7mkPgbyPx9uev7cczWjeuhMup/PMCNEzN8CMk98qJPxsDSYiB+OO0G v6oPRfW9HtAcqezKso1XjvT4iGbSieuZCTidSI9rr7gaYJrvy0/DPcWX9QaZBNEjAaye yOqssfWY0NT6WZv80E5NLUSDGbRbKyh3Nv7DQ5YhZGIH5+/Yf/qlSe9HHODPZi09TgPh 4NUw== X-Gm-Message-State: APzg51Dx2eeREjNYMXOQzrlisPJHy6+oFhcZnTBAnBiUqt73yBEF+Jcj acGr35DOdeM+3Dqrk5zagNVUyWQpksOigUmYTjqxqg== X-Google-Smtp-Source: ANB0VdaMW+mFkydQfNKI43aNTQVpePfKY8urzB7Wo+qA7yRSBXSctA40CwPAQtlwvUh+zubl3C68l1QBgyzLQM6AQ4Q= X-Received: by 2002:a25:2c03:: with SMTP id s3-v6mr6916656ybs.378.1536438578959; Sat, 08 Sep 2018 13:29:38 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 References: <5B942616.3010605@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <5B942616.3010605@gmail.com> From: Steven Friedrich Date: Sat, 8 Sep 2018 16:29:27 -0400 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Can't mount thumb drive To: luzar722@gmail.com Cc: FreeBSD Questions Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-Content-Filtered-By: Mailman/MimeDel 2.1.27 X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.27 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2018 20:29:40 -0000 Thanks. I had long ago created a BSD volume on it, so I destroyed it with gpart destroy -F /dev/da0 then gpart create -s mbr /dev/da0 Win 10 STILL wouldn't format it so I used windows volume manager to create and format a FAT partition. I can now mount it and copy stuff to it. Thanks. On Sat, Sep 8, 2018 at 3:42 PM Ernie Luzar wrote: > Steven Friedrich wrote: > > When I plug in my thumb drive (A Kingston Data Traveler 1G, FAT), dmesg > > says: > > > > ugen0.5: at usbus0 > > umass0 on uhub0 > > umass0: on > > usbus0 > > umass0: SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0xc100 > > umass0:7:0: Attached to scbus7 > > da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus7 target 0 lun 0 > > da0: Removable Direct Access SCSI device > > da0: Serial Number 0681F150A2929B60 > > da0: 40.000MB/s transfers > > da0: 980MB (2007040 512 byte sectors) > > da0: quirks=0x3 > > > > but when I try to mount it using: > > mount_msdosfs /dev/da0 /mnt > > > > it squeals Invalid argument. > > > > So I tried: > > mount_msdosfs /dev/da0a /mnt > > it squeals Invalid argument. > > > > Both /dev/da0 and /dev/da0a exist. > > > > What am I doing wrong? > > > That "Invalid argument" message generally means the thumb drive is not > formated at all or is formated for NT and not msdos. > > > >