Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2006 07:34:09 +0100 From: Rink Springer <rink@FreeBSD.org> To: Richard Coleman <rcoleman@criticalmagic.com> Cc: trhodes@FreeBSD.org, freebsd-stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Large msdosfs disk will not mount on RELENG_6 Message-ID: <20061127063409.GA38831@rink.nu> In-Reply-To: <456A5A22.9070408@criticalmagic.com> References: <456A5A22.9070408@criticalmagic.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] Hi Richard, On Sun, Nov 26, 2006 at 10:23:14PM -0500, Richard Coleman wrote: > I just bought a large external hard drive for home backups (500g Western > Digital My Book). When I plug it in to my machine (RELENG_6 from about a > week ago), the system sees the device just fine: > > Nov 26 22:03:21 neptune kernel: umass0: Western Digital External HDD, rev > 2.00/1.06, addr 2 > Nov 26 22:03:21 neptune kernel: uhid1: Western Digital External HDD, rev > 2.00/1.06, addr 2, iclass 8/6 > Nov 26 22:03:21 neptune kernel: da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 > Nov 26 22:03:21 neptune kernel: da0: <WD 5000YS External 106a> Fixed Direct > Access SCSI-4 device > Nov 26 22:03:21 neptune kernel: da0: 40.000MB/s transfers > Nov 26 22:03:21 neptune kernel: da0: 476940MB (976773168 512 byte sectors: > 255H 63S/T 60801C) > > > But when I try to mount the drive (mount -t msdos /dev/da0 /mnt), the > system gives the following error: > > Nov 26 22:06:41 neptune kernel: mountmsdosfs(): disk too big, sorry > > I was surprised to see a file system limitation on FreeBSD that Windows > does not have. I will probably reformat the system to ufs2, but thought I > would mention this error message. I'm sure these drives will become > increasingly common. Looking at /sys/fs/msdosfs/msdosfs_vfsops.c seems to hint the existance of options MSDOSFS_LARGE; this avoids the error message and will let you mount the disk. Perhaps it's time for an update of msdosfs(5) ? (I've CC-ed Tom Rhodes for this). Regards, -- Rink P.W. Springer - http://rink.nu "It's you isn't it? THE BASTARD OPERATOR FROM HELL!" "In the flesh, on the phone and in your account..." - BOFH #3 [-- Attachment #2 --] 0 k *H \0 X1 0 + 0 *H 00"۳`~0 *H 0b1 0 UZA1%0#U Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.1,0*U#Thawte Personal Freemail Issuing CA0 061108092653Z 071108092653Z010USpringer10U*Rink Peter Wycher1#0!URink Peter Wycher Springer10 *H mail@rink.nu1 0 *H rink@freebsd.org1 0 *H rink@il.fontys.nl1 0 *H rink@stack.nl0"0 *H 0 Ƽ c<5~UM ڈmtb0egJ9 ۤ `PL |HJ詷<pX@; O1o#{HO&'<}1@$QGbV-4 aqr^:;ySâ#մZT+fL|#n:ӢK{ t`l ?h":BY-xZ qD T*I;2i@bQ/ɺ:}7JHmȖmDo ]0[0KU D0B mail@rink.nurink@freebsd.orgrink@il.fontys.nl rink@stack.nl0 U 0 0 *H ! cx@6jF#49A$ lfC^7EWs֠9 |{ߚ:JYxM3 $J7I-\a ϖ7v]>Ne3Y 6EUr0?0 0 *H 01 0 UZA10U Western Cape10U Cape Town10U Thawte Consulting1(0&U Certification Services Division1$0"UThawte Personal Freemail CA1+0) *H personal-freemail@thawte.com0 030717000000Z 130716235959Z0b1 0 UZA1%0#U Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.1,0*U#Thawte Personal Freemail Issuing CA00 *H 0 Ħ<UsUNʙZ hup [v :aQP 0cZ,p+Z?qV˯< 6$*+w=+>@dקe*TH<a@ dr` 00U 0 0CU <0:08642http://crl.thawte.com/ThawtePersonalFreemailCA.crl0 U 0)U "0 0 10UPrivateLabel2-1380 *H HP . fgCL!6 -6/ P p<ab:~ t%Pb'qW%ݩ9 Oe_N4[5MwV!x!5$ F]_eO1Q0M0v0b1 0 UZA1%0#U Thawte Consulting (Pty) Ltd.1,0*U#Thawte Personal Freemail Issuing CA"۳`~0 + 0 *H 1 *H 0 *H 1 061127063409Z0# *H 1y cBygp2űr0R *H 1E0C0 *H 0*H 0 *H @0+0 *H (0 *H H)qM72ƮC]?VtQtZ7`rn,LJ v& GQ |MNf 0jTí.Zd{n a }p$ $hl4: 8$D??-l|DM7e&1߃F (Geaºxdf/Mh 623OiKJ A0|D}9 D\0I>
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