From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jan 6 06:09:37 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 815FA16A422 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2006 06:09:37 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from teilhk@crosswinds.net) Received: from cwpro1.crosswinds.net (cwpro1.crosswinds.net [69.28.227.134]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 535CB43D58 for ; Fri, 6 Jan 2006 06:09:33 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from teilhk@crosswinds.net) Received: from [201.127.10.40] (helo=fortunato) by cwpro1.crosswinds.net with smtp (Exim 4.60 (FreeBSD)) (envelope-from ) id 1Eukn6-0005OQ-5l for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Fri, 06 Jan 2006 01:09:32 -0500 Message-ID: <001b01c61287$bf89c580$210110ac@fortunato> From: "Teilhard Knight" To: "FreeBDS" References: <00fd01c6123e$eb4110a0$210110ac@fortunato> <20060105221957.GA1050@flame.pc> Date: Fri, 6 Jan 2006 00:09:26 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2900.2180 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2900.2180 X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - cwpro1.crosswinds.net X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [0 0] / [26 6] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - crosswinds.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Subject: Re: Flash Disk X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 06 Jan 2006 06:09:37 -0000 > On 2006-01-05 15:28, Teilhard Knight wrote: >> Can someone tell me, or point to me where I can find, how to >> mount a Flash Disk in release 6.0? I have Googled, but I simply >> cannot find the right way. An icon to mount and unmount on the >> desktop would be nice. Thanks. > > When I plug my USB JetFlash disk, the following appears in > /var/log/messages (and the system console, but I mostly use X11 > these days): > > umass0: USB Flash Disk, rev 2.00/2.00, addr 2 > da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > da0: Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device > da0: 1.000MB/s transfers > da0: 250MB (512000 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 250C) I get something similar too. The Device Node is created all right. > When you plug the USB flash disk in, /dev/da0 (or another daX > device) is automatically created. If the flash disk already has > partitions (they usually come with a single FAT partition), > you'll also see da0s1 or something similar: > > # ls -l /dev/da* > crw-r----- 1 root operator - 4, 44 Oct 16 17:38 /dev/da0 Yes, I also get something similar to this. > If you see only da0, it's possible that the 'raw disk' is > formatted using FAT, without a real BIOS-style partition, which > means that you should be able to 'mount' it with something like: > > # /sbin/mount_msdosfs /dev/da0 /mnt I do not only see da0 above and this command results in: "mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0: Invalid argument" > That's it. Copy files to and from the /mnt directory. When you > are done, make sure you unmount the flash disk before removing > it. If you don't, chances are your kernel will panic when it > discovers the physical flash disk is gone. > > # umount /mnt > > Now, it's safe to pull the flash disk out. You told me how to mount my flash disk in case the command "ls -l /dev/da0" results incomplete or I have the disk raw formatted. But what should I do if I get all similar to what you get? In other words, how do you mount your flash disk? Thanks for your feedback. Teilhard.