From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat May 31 11:29:36 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E93861065677 for ; Sat, 31 May 2008 11:29:36 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl [IPv6:2001:4070:101:2::1]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C0A5B8FC19 for ; Sat, 31 May 2008 11:29:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id m4VBTQ95015185; Sat, 31 May 2008 13:29:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Received: from localhost (wojtek@localhost) by wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl (8.14.2/8.14.2/Submit) with ESMTP id m4VBTQiE015182; Sat, 31 May 2008 13:29:26 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl) Date: Sat, 31 May 2008 13:29:26 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar To: Roland Smith In-Reply-To: <20080531094221.GA81037@slackbox.xs4all.nl> Message-ID: <20080531132916.H15181@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> References: <25515aa06ecb67b43d2a517bcceed88f@localhost> <20080531072955.GA76694@slackbox.xs4all.nl> <79defaf7e7f012e2cd5c6381d84dccb9@localhost> <20080531094221.GA81037@slackbox.xs4all.nl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Colin Brace Subject: Re: error mounting USB disk: Invalid argument 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: Sat, 31 May 2008 11:29:37 -0000 >> Then: >> >> # mount /dev/da0s1c /media/disk6 >> mount: /dev/da0s1c : Invalid argument mount_msdosfs ? > > This is caused by the nmount system call returning EINVAL. Quoting from > mount(2): > > [EINVAL] The super block for the file system had a bad magic > number or an out of range block size. > > After partitioning and labeling the disk, did you make filesystems on > the partitions with newfs? > > Roland > -- > R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ > [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] > pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) >