From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jun 5 20:12:56 2013 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [8.8.178.115]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 4107F586 for ; Wed, 5 Jun 2013 20:12:56 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from mays@win.net) Received: from filter2.win.net (filter2.win.net [216.24.27.102]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 091431EC6 for ; Wed, 5 Jun 2013 20:12:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from nb-201.win.net (nb-201.win.net [216.24.27.201]) by filter2.win.net (8.14.3/8.14.3/Debian-5+lenny1) with ESMTP id r55KCpDq027886; Wed, 5 Jun 2013 16:12:51 -0400 Received: from Gantry (pool245.office.win.net [216.24.33.245]) by nb-201.win.net (Postfix) with SMTP id 1569561CC6; Wed, 5 Jun 2013 16:12:51 -0400 (EDT) Message-ID: From: "Joseph Mays" To: "Polytropon" References: <3F74C0CB9E7C4CDF9501159278786054@Gantry> <20130605215623.d0986046.freebsd@edvax.de> In-Reply-To: <20130605215623.d0986046.freebsd@edvax.de> Subject: Re: USB can't mount msdosfs drive Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 16:12:59 -0400 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="iso-8859-1"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 15.4.3538.513 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V15.4.3538.513 X-Spam-Score: undef - mays@win.net is whitelisted. X-CanIt-Geo: ip=216.24.27.201; country=US; region=KY; city=Louisville; postalcode=40204; latitude=38.2390; longitude=-85.7174; metrocode=529; areacode=502; http://maps.google.com/maps?q=38.2390,-85.7174&z=6 X-CanItPRO-Stream: Outbound:default (inherits from base:default) X-Canit-Stats-ID: 01JIIcPsx - 714953f1cbe3 - 20130605 X-Antispam-Training-Forget: http://filter.win.net/canit/b.php?i=01JIIcPsx&m=714953f1cbe3&t=20130605&c=f X-Antispam-Training-Nonspam: http://filter.win.net/canit/b.php?i=01JIIcPsx&m=714953f1cbe3&t=20130605&c=n X-Antispam-Training-Spam: http://filter.win.net/canit/b.php?i=01JIIcPsx&m=714953f1cbe3&t=20130605&c=s X-Scanned-By: CanIt (www . roaringpenguin . com) on 216.24.27.102 Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.14 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 05 Jun 2013 20:12:56 -0000 > did you already try to access da2 instead of da2s1? Yeah, tried that early on, got the same result. root@warehouse:/backups/postgres-02/info # mount_msdosfs /dev/da2 /usb2 mount_msdosfs: /dev/da2: Invalid argument > But just to be fully sure: This is a USB stick / thumb drive, right? Yes. It's one of several thumb drives that were mounted in the back of some linux machines at remote sites we help a customer with. The client is unsure what was on them, but needs to know. We asked them to gather them up and stick them into usb ports on a freebsd machine we have access to and manage at their location (in another state). Most of them I got mounted as either msdosfs, or ufs, or ntfs, or extfs2, and was able to get the data off them. This thumb drive is one of two holdouts.