From owner-freebsd-current@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 17 17:25:00 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B5CCF37B401 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 17:25:00 -0700 (PDT) Received: from srv1.cosmo-project.de (srv1.cosmo-project.de [213.83.6.106]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 72E2B43FA3 for ; Thu, 17 Apr 2003 17:24:59 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ticso@cicely9.cicely.de) Received: from cicely5.cicely.de (cicely5.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301:200:92ff:fe9b:20e7]) by srv1.cosmo-project.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h3I0Oqcx020490 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=EDH-RSA-DES-CBC3-SHA bits=168 verify=OK); Fri, 18 Apr 2003 02:24:56 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely9.cicely.de) Received: from cicely9.cicely.de (cicely9.cicely.de [IPv6:3ffe:400:8d0:301:210:5aff:fe30:1c1a]) by cicely5.cicely.de (8.12.9/8.12.9) with ESMTP id h3I0Oplm002370 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=DHE-RSA-AES256-SHA bits=256 verify=NO); Fri, 18 Apr 2003 02:24:52 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely9.cicely.de) Received: from cicely9.cicely.de (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by cicely9.cicely.de (8.12.9/8.12.8) with ESMTP id h3I0OotA011493; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 02:24:50 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso@cicely9.cicely.de) Received: (from ticso@localhost) by cicely9.cicely.de (8.12.9/8.12.9/Submit) id h3I0OnmC011492; Fri, 18 Apr 2003 02:24:49 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from ticso) Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 02:24:48 +0200 From: Bernd Walter To: Riccardo Torrini Message-ID: <20030418002448.GH10848@cicely9.cicely.de> References: <20030417191637.GA505@trudy.torrini.home> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20030417191637.GA505@trudy.torrini.home> X-Operating-System: FreeBSD cicely9.cicely.de 5.0-CURRENT alpha User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.3i cc: freebsd-current@freebsd.org Subject: Re: usb cf reader X-BeenThere: freebsd-current@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list Reply-To: ticso@cicely.de List-Id: Discussions about the use of FreeBSD-current List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 18 Apr 2003 00:25:01 -0000 On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 09:16:37PM +0200, Riccardo Torrini wrote: > # ls -ln /dev/da0* > crw-r----- 1 0 5 4, 20 Apr 17 20:09 /dev/da0 > > # mount -tmsdos /dev/da0 /dist > msdosfs: /dev/da0: Invalid argument msdosfs usually lives on slices. > # fdisk /dev/da0 > ******* Working on device /dev/da0 ******* > parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are: > cylinders=15 heads=64 sectors/track=32 (2048 blks/cyl) > > parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are: > cylinders=15 heads=64 sectors/track=32 (2048 blks/cyl) > > fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found > fdisk: /boot/mbr: length must be a multiple of sector size But this seems to be a real problem. Either the media is not fdisk'ed or reading failed. Do you get any kernel messages? -- B.Walter BWCT http://www.bwct.de ticso@bwct.de info@bwct.de