Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:32:02 +0000 From: Darksidex <humprhey@gmail.com> To: freebsd-newbies@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount_msdosfs Message-ID: <b0641e4b04102713325f18f3c0@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <417FBC8A.40009@daleco.biz> References: <b0641e4b0410261247365a4f15@mail.gmail.com> <417FBC8A.40009@daleco.biz>
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On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:19:38 -0500, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. <kdk@daleco.biz> wrote: > Darksidex wrote: > > > > >Hello list, > > > >I'm trying to mount a HD that is fat32 formated. I try: > >#mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1(yes, usb) /mnt > >but it fails. > > > >I think it fails because the disk capacity is near 200GB > > > >Is there something I can do? > >Thanks in advantage, and I sorry for my bad english. > > > > > > According to: > > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/todo.html > > msdosfs work from OpenDarwin has been merged back > into FreeBSD. This might address the "too large" issue, > but I don't know, being just a newbie myself. > > So, it'd be either update to the latest release candidate > for 5.3, or attempt to grab just the msdosfs stuff from > the CVS repo and build that part of the tree against > your current installation. ***I have no idea whether > this would work or not, and strongly advise you not > to do it unless you can get confirmation from an expert, > perferably a FreeBSD committer, or you like to fix > broken installations ....*** > > KDK > Ok, I will try to update to 5.3. If it doesn't work, I think I will have to create 2 partitions.
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