Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:53:38 -0500 From: Patrick Baldwin <Patrick.Baldwin@studsvik.com> To: Yi Wang <wangyi6854@gmail.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mounting Western Digital USB drive? Message-ID: <47615582.9060202@studsvik.com> In-Reply-To: <5ea5cca50712121718j5a5c1964hc7da09a72924bc5b@mail.gmail.com> References: <475F1727.8050501@studsvik.com> <5ea5cca50712121718j5a5c1964hc7da09a72924bc5b@mail.gmail.com>
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Yi Wang wrote: > Try mount_ntfs /dev/da0 /mnt > > some usb disk doesn't have s1 postfix. I get: webmail# mount_ntfs /dev/da0 /mnt/usbdrive mount_ntfs: /dev/da0: Invalid argument I'm wondering if I need to format the USB drive for use with FreeBSD? > On 12/12/07, Patrick Baldwin <Patrick.Baldwin@studsvik.com> wrote: >> Hi, I'm trying to mount a 160 GB Western Digital USB 2.0 drive on a >> FreeBSD 6.2 system. This seemed like it should be relatively simple, >> but: >> >> webmail# mount /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usbdrive >> mount: /dev/da0s1 on /mnt/usbdrive: incorrect super block >> >> OK, it seemed a good chance the USB drive was formatted with NTFS, so I >> tried: >> >> webmail# mount_ntfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usbdrive >> mount_ntfs: /dev/da0s1: Invalid argument >> >> Further reading on mount_ntfs suggested that even if I got it to >> work, it's not quite what I want: I want read & write access >> with compressed files supported. >> >> dmesg: >> umass0: Western Digital External HDD, rev 2.00/1.04, addr 2 >> da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 >> da0: <WD 1600BEV External 1.04> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-4 device >> da0: 40.000MB/s transfers >> da0: 152627MB (312581808 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 19457C) >> >> usbdevs -v >> Controller /dev/usb0: >> addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000), >> Intel(0x0000), rev 1.00 >> port 1 powered >> port 2 powered >> Controller /dev/usb1: >> addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000), >> Intel(0x0000), rev 1.00 >> port 1 powered >> port 2 powered >> Controller /dev/usb2: >> addr 1: high speed, self powered, config 1, EHCI root hub(0x0000), >> Intel(0x0000), rev 1.00 >> port 1 addr 2: high speed, self powered, config 1, External >> HDD(0x0702), Western Digital(0x1058), rev 1.04 >> port 2 powered >> port 3 powered >> port 4 powered >> >> Any help appreciated. >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> 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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