From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Mar 27 07:42:42 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1817B16A401 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:42:42 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from ben@spooty.net) Received: from swift.swiftnames.com (swift.swiftnames.com [205.214.82.16]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C278443D45 for ; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:42:41 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from ben@spooty.net) Received: from cpc2-brig8-4-0-cust31.brig.cable.ntl.com ([86.10.171.31] helo=[192.168.1.101]) by swift.swiftnames.com with esmtpa (Exim 4.44) id 1FNmMw-0005Rh-JB; Mon, 27 Mar 2006 00:42:30 -0700 From: Ben Paley To: chris@monochrome.org Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:42:33 +0000 User-Agent: KMail/1.9.1 References: <20060326034002.CBD0716A445@hub.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <20060326034002.CBD0716A445@hub.freebsd.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Message-Id: <200603270742.33954.ben@spooty.net> X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - swift.swiftnames.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - spooty.net X-Source: X-Source-Args: X-Source-Dir: Cc: saul.hood@gmail.com, FreeBSD Questions Subject: Re: What's that filesystem for a usb flash drive? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:42:42 -0000 > On Sat, 25 Mar 2006, Saul Mena Avila wrote: > > Hello!. I've been trying to mount my flash memory but it just doesn't > > let me. > > I use (as root): > > > > mount -t msdosfs /dev/ad0 /flash try 'msdos' instead of 'msdosfs' > Are you sure that /dev/ad0 is actually your flash device? That doesn't > look right to me. What is the physical interface to your flash memory? > That is, is it USB, a PCMCIA card, or what? My usb flash drives always show up as da devices, not ad. Have a look in /dev to see what nodes are actually there, and especially look at tty0 when you plug the drive in - you should get an informative console message and perhaps find its da1 or da2 even (depending on what other usb devices are attached, I think). Also you may need to mount a slice, like da0s1, as I do. In summary, the command which works for me is: # mount -t msdos /dev/da0s1 /flash Good luck, Ben