Date: Tue, 23 Feb 1999 01:08:07 -0500 (EST) From: "Crist J. Clark" <cjc@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> To: hunterr@iafrica.com (Rob Hunter) Cc: freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mounting fat32 Message-ID: <199902230608.BAA24339@cc942873-a.ewndsr1.nj.home.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990222123017.24435A-100000@hole.noc.iafrica.com> from Rob Hunter at "Feb 22, 99 12:32:31 pm"
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Rob Hunter wrote, > Hi > > I'm running 3.1-RELEASE. > > I currently have the following drive setup: > > primary master - 3 gig (freebsd) > primary slave - 3 gig (old win98 fat 32 drive) > secondary master - cd-rom dive > > My question is this: how do I mount the fat the drive? there are 2 > partitions on it. I've been reading man pages, > www.freebsd.org./search/search.html, the handbook and the FAQ and it seems > to be eluding me... > > Any help appreciated. How do these drives show up on the 'dmesg' output you see at startup? I believe these disks should be /dev/wd0, /dev/wd1, and /dev/wcd0. What does, # fdisk wd1 Return? It matters what type of "slices" (in DOS "partitions") those two are (is one an 'extended' DOS partition?). However, just for a stab in the dark, does, # mount -t msdos /dev/wd1s1 /mnt Mount the primary slave? If the second slice is a 'regular' DOS partition then the second should be, # mount -t msdos /dev/wd1s2 /mnt2 Where I use /mnt2 to stress that you don't try mounting them in the same place at the same time. I've wondered why disk numbering goes against the DOS and BIOS and starts at '0' rather than '1,' but the slices start at '1.' *shrug* -- Crist J. Clark cjclark@home.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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