Date: Fri, 28 Jul 2017 15:14:21 -0400 From: "James B. Byrne" <byrnejb@harte-lyne.ca> To: "Polytropon" <freebsd@edvax.de> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Unable to mount USB Flash memory created on CentOS Message-ID: <4a5c3fd942ff8566eefaaf9c990abba0.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> In-Reply-To: <20170728205144.c1fc18df.freebsd@edvax.de> References: <aa1eadff2a815bacb69dc015b4aa1f4f.squirrel@webmail.harte-lyne.ca> <20170728205144.c1fc18df.freebsd@edvax.de>
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On Fri, July 28, 2017 14:51, Polytropon wrote:
> On Fri, 28 Jul 2017 13:22:06 -0400, James B. Byrne via
> freebsd-questions wrote:
>> On my new FreeBSD workstation I am trying to read data off of a USB
>> 'key' flash memory stick recorded using rsync on a CentOS-6 system.
>> I was able to do this successfully up until the point that I inserted
>> another usb stick. Now I cannot mount or read either.
>
> Did you unmount the previous stick correctly?
Yes.
>
> When you say it was "recorded" with CentOS, which file system
> has been used? Or is it a "raw" file (no file system at all,
> output written directly to the device)?
>
ext2fs. I was formerly able to read these usb sticks on the new
FreeBSD based workstation. The problem only surfaced when I inserted
a second usb flash drive.
>
>
>> I probably made things worse by first removing both keys from the
>> host and then deleting the contents of /media. However, that is
>> done.
>
> That should not be a big problem, as /media is usually populated
> automatically by a desktop environment's automounter, or manually
> by the system administrator (which implies that you can easily
> recreate required mountpoints under /media if you use /etc/fstab
> as a template).
This is what I have in /etc/fstab
# Device Mountpoint FStype Options Dump
Pass#
/dev/ada0p2.eli none swap sw 0 0
/dev/ada1p2.eli none swap sw 0 0
fdesc /dev/fd fdescfs rw 0 0
proc /proc procfs rw 0 0
>
>
>
>> At the moment what happens is that upon insertion the 'computer'
>> browser pane will display a filesystem labelled 'USB Drive' but I
>> cannot open it for viewing.
>
> Is it empty? When you say it's being opened, I assume this is a
> file browser - but from which desktop? They are quite different!
I am using the Mate desktop and the file browser application shown as
'Computer' on the desktop.
>
> Check things easily: Open a terminal and check the outpuf of
>
> % mount -v
>
# mount -v
zroot/ROOT/default on / (zfs, local, noatime, nfsv4acls, fsid
3356d1ddde69c9ae)
devfs on /dev (devfs, local, multilabel, fsid 00ff007171000000)
fdescfs on /dev/fd (fdescfs, fsid 01ff005959000000)
procfs on /proc (procfs, local, fsid 02ff000202000000)
zroot/tmp on /tmp (zfs, local, noatime, nosuid, nfsv4acls, fsid
44b2b23bdea4cfa8)
zroot/usr/home on /usr/home (zfs, local, noatime, nfsv4acls, fsid
b8bec644de6cc50d)
zroot/usr/ports on /usr/ports (zfs, local, noatime, nosuid, nfsv4acls,
fsid c3353930de6b28f5)
zroot/usr/src on /usr/src (zfs, local, noatime, nfsv4acls, fsid
9cf37fdcde6acc4c)
zroot/var/audit on /var/audit (zfs, local, noatime, noexec, nosuid,
nfsv4acls, fsid 0dde5904de17aec3)
zroot/var/crash on /var/crash (zfs, local, noatime, noexec, nosuid,
nfsv4acls, fsid bd542313de5b6740)
zroot/var/log on /var/log (zfs, local, noatime, noexec, nosuid,
nfsv4acls, fsid cc095ee9de26f4fd)
zroot/var/mail on /var/mail (zfs, local, nfsv4acls, fsid
43ce3675dedf12d5)
zroot/var/tmp on /var/tmp (zfs, local, noatime, nosuid, nfsv4acls,
fsid 1c322eeade9a7a06)
zroot on /zroot (zfs, local, noatime, nfsv4acls, fsid 521cbba2def75276)
> Is the USB stick (usually /dev/da0 or /dev/da0s1 or something
> like that) _really_ mounted?
Not that I can see. That appears to be the essence of the problem.
>
> Check what's on the USB stick, using
>
> % gpart show da0
>
# gpart show da0
=> 63 122915265 da0 MBR (59G)
63 8001 - free - (3.9M)
8064 122907264 1 !12 [active] (59G)
dmesg shows this:
ugen3.2: <Kingston> at usbus3
umass0: <Kingston DataTraveler 2.0, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 2>
on usbus3
umass0: SCSI over Bulk-Only; quirks = 0x8100
umass0:5:0: Attached to scbus5
da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 scbus5 target 0 lun 0
da0: <Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 PMAP> Removable Direct Access SPC-2
SCSI device
da0: Serial Number 50E549C20210BF10A9BC4174
da0: 40.000MB/s transfers
da0: 60017MB (122915328 512 byte sectors)
da0: quirks=0x3<NO_SYNC_CACHE,NO_6_BYTE>
>
>> Neither does a mount command show in the
>> right-click popup menu.
>
> So it probably _is_ mounted. Does the menu show a "detach",
> "unoumt" or "eject" entry or symbol?
No
>
> As I said, don't rely on distracting pictural elements. Query
> the OS directly using the command line. It will tell you what
> is _really_ happening.
>
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