From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue May 17 02:11:09 2005 Return-Path: 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 4CBF016A4D0 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 02:11:09 +0000 (GMT) Received: from harmony.digitalbluesky.net (dsl093-010-046.cle1.dsl.speakeasy.net [66.93.10.46]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 8079043DD9 for ; Tue, 17 May 2005 02:11:08 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from steve@digitalbluesky.net) Received: (qmail 1299 invoked by uid 0); 17 May 2005 02:11:25 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO FAITH.digitalbluesky.net) (steve@digitalbluesky.net@192.168.1.1) by harmony.digitalbluesky.net with SMTP; 17 May 2005 02:11:25 -0000 Message-Id: <6.2.1.2.0.20050516220806.0276a350@mail.digitalbluesky.net> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 6.2.1.2 Date: Mon, 16 May 2005 22:11:18 -0400 To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org From: Steve Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <44ekc6rake.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> References: <20050516170754.BB65B16A4D9@hub.freebsd.org> <20050516180106.44757.qmail@harmony.digitalbluesky.net> <44ekc6rake.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Subject: (SOLVED)Re: A litte more help with creating a freebsd partition on an external usbdrive X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 02:11:09 -0000 I went back and tried the whole partitioning process again following the instructions EXACTLY as laid out in section 16.3.1 of the FreeBSD handbook and it worked this time. Thanks to everyone who offered suggestions. Steve At 07:54 PM 5/16/2005, Lowell Gilbert wrote: >"steve" writes: > > > This is a follow-up to my earlier question on how to create a freebsd > > partition on a usbdrive. I followed these instructions: > > > http://www.freebsd.org/doc/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/formatting-media/x163.ht > > ml And was able to create a 111 gig freebsd partition on the usb hard > > drive, with label da0s1d and /mnt/usbdrive as it's mount point. > > However, when I try to: > > ># mount /dev/da0s1d /mnt/usbdrive > > > > I get the error: > > ># mount: /dev/da0s1d: no such file or directory > > > > In /dev I see an entry for da0s1 and da0s1c but no entry for > > da0s1d. Any help in determining what I have missed? Steve > >You say you were able to create it as da0s1d; how do you *know* you >were able to do that. It doesn't look as though you did. Are there >*any* /dev/da* devices? > >What if you rescan the USB bus?