Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 21:46:48 -0500 From: Ted Spradley <tsprad@set.spradley.tmi.net> To: Randall Hopper <aa8vb@ipass.net> Cc: stable@freebsd.org, emulation@freebsd.org Subject: Re: vnconfig & FAT filesystem -- supported? Message-ID: <199906160246.VAA60379@set.spradley.tmi.net> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 15 Jun 1999 19:24:06 EDT." <19990615192406.A3498@ipass.net>
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> Is it possible to mount a DOS FAT file system as a vnode disk?
> If so, I guess I don't know the trick:
>
> # vnconfig /dev/vn0 /data/doscmd_C_drive
> # mount -t msdos /dev/vn0a /mnt
> msdos: /dev/vn0a: Invalid argument
>
> BTW, doscmd_C_drive is a standard file on my FreeBSD UFS filesystem.
I don't know anything about vnodes, but I've puzzled over that cryptic
errmessage from mount before. It's telling you that you don't have a
proper file system. You need the msdos equivalent of newfs ("format" in
DOSspeak?) before the mount command.
Beware, I'm only guessing.
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