From owner-freebsd-stable Fri Sep 7 9: 5:50 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Received: from topperwein.dyndns.org (acs-24-154-28-172.zoominternet.net [24.154.28.172]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7F08437B406 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 09:05:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: from topperwein.dyndns.org (topperwein.dyndns.org [192.168.168.10]) by topperwein.dyndns.org (8.11.6/8.11.6) with ESMTP id f87G5s322307 for ; Fri, 7 Sep 2001 12:05:54 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from behanna@zbzoom.net) Date: Fri, 7 Sep 2001 12:05:49 -0400 (EDT) From: Chris BeHanna Reply-To: Chris BeHanna To: FreeBSD-Stable Subject: Re: mount madness In-Reply-To: <3B98BBFA.9C71DB24@gactr.uga.edu> Message-ID: <20010907120508.Y22109-100000@topperwein.dyndns.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-stable@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Fri, 7 Sep 2001, 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? Grab a copy of Partition Magic 5.x and convert it from FAT32x to FAT32? -- Chris BeHanna Software Engineer (Remove "bogus" before responding.) behanna@bogus.zbzoom.net I was raised by a pack of wild corn dogs. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message