Date: Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:24:21 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister <jerrymc@msu.edu> To: Patrick Baldwin <Patrick.Baldwin@studsvik.com> Cc: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Mounting Western Digital USB drive? Message-ID: <20080114202421.GA78451@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> In-Reply-To: <20071213160229.GB15976@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <475F1727.8050501@studsvik.com> <5ea5cca50712121718j5a5c1964hc7da09a72924bc5b@mail.gmail.com> <47615582.9060202@studsvik.com> <20071213160229.GB15976@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 11:02:29AM -0500, Jerry McAllister wrote: > On Thu, Dec 13, 2007 at 10:53:38AM -0500, Patrick Baldwin wrote: > > > > > I'm wondering if I need to format the USB drive for use with FreeBSD? > > I think you will have to use something to divide the disk in to more > than one slice, each of which can be what you want - fat32, FreeBSD, etc. > or maybe upgrade to a more recent FreeBSD. > > I tried it with Partition Magic, but it failed because it wouldn't > recognize USB disks - not even the 8.0 version which claims it will. > > I haven't had time to try gparted or any others. Will do so soon. Just a followup. I finally got around to downloading the gparted boot disk and it worked just fine. I was able to muck with my external USB drive all I wanted. Not as pretty a display as Partition Magic but close and has the advantage that it works. ////jerry > > ////jerry > > > > > > > >On 12/12/07, Patrick Baldwin <Patrick.Baldwin@studsvik.com> wrote: > > >>Hi, I'm trying to mount a 160 GB Western Digital USB 2.0 drive on a > > >>FreeBSD 6.2 system. This seemed like it should be relatively simple, > > >>but: > > >> > > >>webmail# mount /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usbdrive > > >>mount: /dev/da0s1 on /mnt/usbdrive: incorrect super block > > >> > > >>OK, it seemed a good chance the USB drive was formatted with NTFS, so I > > >>tried: > > >> > > >>webmail# mount_ntfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usbdrive > > >>mount_ntfs: /dev/da0s1: Invalid argument > > >> > > >>Further reading on mount_ntfs suggested that even if I got it to > > >>work, it's not quite what I want: I want read & write access > > >>with compressed files supported. > > >> > > >>dmesg: > > >>umass0: Western Digital External HDD, rev 2.00/1.04, addr 2 > > >>da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > > >>da0: <WD 1600BEV External 1.04> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-4 device > > >>da0: 40.000MB/s transfers > > >>da0: 152627MB (312581808 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 19457C) > > >> > > >> usbdevs -v > > >>Controller /dev/usb0: > > >>addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000), > > >>Intel(0x0000), rev 1.00 > > >> port 1 powered > > >> port 2 powered > > >>Controller /dev/usb1: > > >>addr 1: full speed, self powered, config 1, UHCI root hub(0x0000), > > >>Intel(0x0000), rev 1.00 > > >> port 1 powered > > >> port 2 powered > > >>Controller /dev/usb2: > > >>addr 1: high speed, self powered, config 1, EHCI root hub(0x0000), > > >>Intel(0x0000), rev 1.00 > > >> port 1 addr 2: high speed, self powered, config 1, External > > >>HDD(0x0702), Western Digital(0x1058), rev 1.04 > > >> port 2 powered > > >> port 3 powered > > >> port 4 powered > > >> > > >>Any help appreciated. > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > > >>_______________________________________________ > > >>freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > >>http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > >>To unsubscribe, send any mail to > > >>"freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"
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