Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 18:59:50 +0300 From: Odhiambo Washington <vedette@iconnect.co.ke> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount a DOS volume in extended partition Message-ID: <20000903185950.D41029@siafu.iconnect.co.ke> In-Reply-To: <20000830184614.A254@parish>; from Mark Ovens on Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 06:46:14PM %2B0100 References: <5996.000830@crosswinds.net> <XFMail.000830161528.mj@isy.liu.se> <20000830184614.A254@parish>
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Quoting Mark Ovens <marko@freebsd.org>: [000830 21:21]: Mark Ovens>On Wed, Aug 30, 2000 at 04:15:28PM +0200, Micke Josefsson wrote: Mark Ovens>> Mark Ovens>> On 30-Aug-00 Arseny Slobodjuck wrote: Mark Ovens>> > Mark Ovens>> > Hi, Mark Ovens>> > Mark Ovens>> > How do I mount a DOS volume in extended partition ? In /dev Mark Ovens>> > all the extendeded partition named ad0s2, how can I access Mark Ovens>> > a particular logical disk in it ? Mark Ovens>> > Mark Ovens>> > Mark Ovens>> > Mark Ovens>> > Mark Ovens>> Mark Ovens>> s1-s4 are 'normal' partitions. s5-... are partitions within an extended Mark Ovens>> partition. So I'd guess you will have to do this: Mark Ovens>> Mark Ovens>> cd /dev Mark Ovens>> ./MAKEDEV ad0s5 Mark Ovens>> mount_dos /dev/ad0s5 /mnt Mark Ovens>> Mark Ovens> Mark Ovens>That's it, apart from the typo; it should be ``mount_msdos'' although Mark Ovens> Mark Ovens> mount -t msdos /dev/ad0s5 /mnt Mark Ovens> Mark Ovens>is usually preferred, and of course the best way is to add an entry to Mark Ovens>/etc/fstab: Mark Ovens> Mark Ovens>/dev/ad0s5 /dos msdos rw 0 0 Mark Ovens> Mark Ovens>(add noauto to rw if you don't want it mounted at boot, that's Mark Ovens>``rw,noauto'', no spaces (and no quotes)). In the same token, may I ask if it is possible to mount ntfs file systems in rw mode???? Thanks. -Wash -- Odhiambo Washington Systems Administrator Inter-Connect Ltd. 3rd Flr The Chancery Valley Rd PO Box 39519 Nairobi, KENYA Tel: 254 2 711140 Fax: 254 2 718418 Hard work will never break up with you. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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