Date: Sat, 08 Sep 2018 15:42:14 -0400 From: Ernie Luzar <luzar722@gmail.com> To: Steven Friedrich <steven.e.friedrich@gmail.com> Cc: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Can't mount thumb drive Message-ID: <5B942616.3010605@gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <CAPVsTxgvu_%2BZ548NaRermYaLiYEmVkWb2W6TjC1JMX4d5CZgVQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAPVsTxgvu_%2BZ548NaRermYaLiYEmVkWb2W6TjC1JMX4d5CZgVQ@mail.gmail.com>
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Steven Friedrich wrote: > When I plug in my thumb drive (A Kingston Data Traveler 1G, FAT), dmesg > says: > > ugen0.5: <Kingston DataTraveler 2.0> at usbus0 > umass0 on uhub0 > umass0: <Kingston DataTraveler 2.0, class 0/0, rev 2.00/1.00, addr 4> 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: <Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 1.04> Removable Direct Access SCSI device > da0: Serial Number 0681F150A2929B60 > da0: 40.000MB/s transfers > da0: 980MB (2007040 512 byte sectors) > da0: quirks=0x3<NO_SYNC_CACHE,NO_6_BYTE> > > 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.
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