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Subject: Re: vnconfig & FAT filesystem -- supported? 
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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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