Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 06:10:48 -0700 From: fallous <fallous@warped.com> To: "Robin P. Blanchard" <Robin_Blanchard@gactr.uga.edu>, stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount madness Message-ID: <200109071310.f87DAmw04665@web.sitecontent.com> In-Reply-To: <3B98BBFA.9C71DB24@gactr.uga.edu> References: <3B98BBFA.9C71DB24@gactr.uga.edu>
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cd /dev and MAKEDEV ad1 then do a disklabel ad1 and see which partition it's using and do the mount with the partition letter and see if that works. On Friday 07 September 2001 05:22 am, Robin P. Blanchard wrote: > a bit more on "mount madness" > > > Ok. I take a marvelously running Windows 2000 system and > install the second harddisk that has windows98/fat32x on it. > > Bios recognizes drive correctly. > Windows recognizes there's a drive, recognizes there's a partition > on it and assigns it a drive letter; but doesn't think it's formatted > and insists on me formatting the partition. > > If I put that disk as a second disk in my FreeBSD box I cannot mount it. > > root@quattro [~]# mount -t msdos /dev/ad1s1 /mnt/fat32 > msdos: /dev/ad1s1: Invalid argument > > If I put that disk in a Linux box, Linux cannot mount it either. > Both FreeBSD and Linux see the partition scheme. > > If I boot with a Windows98 floppy I have full access to the drive. > > Jumpers and Bios setting all look fine. > > ideas? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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