Date: Thu, 12 Sep 2013 21:42:05 -0400 From: Fbsd8 <fbsd8@a1poweruser.com> To: Gary Aitken <vagabond@blackfoot.net> Cc: Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>, FreeBSD Mailing List <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: initialize msdosfs on memory stick? Message-ID: <52326D6D.2040507@a1poweruser.com> In-Reply-To: <523259BF.2070302@blackfoot.net> References: <5232348E.4070607@dreamchaser.org> <20130912235137.186fb207.freebsd@edvax.de> <52323C77.6050901@blackfoot.net> <20130913002643.aaa708a9.freebsd@edvax.de> <523259BF.2070302@blackfoot.net>
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Gary Aitken wrote: > On 09/12/13 16:26, Polytropon wrote: >> On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 16:13:11 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: >>> On 09/12/13 15:51, Polytropon wrote: >>>> On Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:39:26 -0600, Gary Aitken wrote: >>>>> I can't seem to find how to do this in the handbook or man pages. >>>>> I need to initialize a usb memory stick with an msdos file system. >>>>> Is it possible, or do I have to find a windoze system? >>>> It is possible. The OS provides the newfs_msdos tool. >>>> There is no need to deal with "Windows" for this task. >>>> >>> Great, thanks. >>> I checked the newfs manpage but didn't look too carefully when the summary >>> line said "construct a new UFS1/UFS2 file system" >> That's correct: newfs "refers to newfs_ufs" (which obviously >> initializes a UFS file system), but there are other newfs_* >> just as there are corresponding (and more) mount_* commands. >> >> See "man newfs_msdos" for more details. > > I see that; but was surprised newfs didn't see-also newfs_msdosfs. > > Anyhoo... ugh, I think I just screwed it up, not thinking things through. > > After doing > > # newfs_msdos -F 32 -S 4096 /dev/da0 > newfs_msdos: trim 62 sectors to adjust to a multiple of 63 > /dev/da0: 979584 sectors in 30612 FAT32 clusters (131072 bytes/cluster) > BytesPerSec=4096 SecPerClust=32 ResSectors=4 FATs=2 Media=0xf0 SecPerTrack=63 Heads=255 HiddenSecs=0 HugeSectors=979650 FATsecs=30 RootCluster=2 FSInfo=1 Backup=2 > > I can't mount it, and there are no partitions: > > # ls /dev/da0* > /dev/da0 > # mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0 /mnt/memstick > mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0: Invalid argument > > Normally there is a /dev/da0s1. > > I suspect I *should* have used /dev/da0s1 in the newfs_msdos cmd. > > So, attempting to re-establish the partitions: > > #gpart create -s MBR da0 > da0 created > # gpart show -l da0 > => 63 7837633 da0 MBR (3.8G) > 63 7837633 - free - (3.8G) > # gpart add -t mbr da0 > gpart: Invalid argument > > now what? > Is mbr the wrong kind of partition type? > man gpart indicates the MBR scheme requires the GEOM_PART_MBR kernel option; > since the create succeeded, I'm assuming this is present? > > _______________________________________________ > 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" > read this how to http://forums.freebsd.org/showthread.php?t=13780
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