From owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Mon Mar 25 09:14:37 2019 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2610:1c1:1:606c::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7B099155840C for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:14:37 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amit@phpandmore.net) Received: from mail-wm1-x332.google.com (mail-wm1-x332.google.com [IPv6:2a00:1450:4864:20::332]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "GTS CA 1O1" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id A6C9A8812D for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:14:35 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from amit@phpandmore.net) Received: by mail-wm1-x332.google.com with SMTP id a188so8122046wmf.3 for ; Mon, 25 Mar 2019 02:14:35 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=phpandmore-net.20150623.gappssmtp.com; s=20150623; h=subject:to:references:from:message-id:date:user-agent:mime-version :in-reply-to:content-language:content-transfer-encoding; bh=PVtHcXCaW649vh5SHc0VV841JuQTocFkaqjFfEC7ftI=; b=RLlkuK+7QF1wISsSVgpsCtd5sQtWxofiLvn7jWqUS78/WWouTjvkw9wQSxwFGMUh3F mLg8Vc0Tyb4KXdgAjzAtsZ6z9uyWP6k4N+tQiumixz6JU/EgIwU4aiVbjMPbuJZvhwOK ypHDybxUgsKsSqIHnHqXp9Agq8OiwyQbZ3XZpu7YFpn4nE/kIyekr/OW8hhVR2dofA8E 0qHhiF4w/PNNHJCO+00sMnDTH4EcFb82blREjN23CnK8d6OQttR9UwvGR/3XELxkzplf X7EsAn9ZqJ1QAeAQTfagtmBkRaEAPrC1g59Z16RgZaLXqi2Uc7CuILj6ZodV7T6qufv0 8Anw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:subject:to:references:from:message-id:date :user-agent:mime-version:in-reply-to:content-language :content-transfer-encoding; bh=PVtHcXCaW649vh5SHc0VV841JuQTocFkaqjFfEC7ftI=; b=U724eKT85FmhNakop67ych3kZn5xNLwoV53QNzi63Y8b5YJzgIYr23Hp1HOyEXLh41 qmMMm8zgvmpZX7K2C7B5344Z8jX2nxgpwLn75lxroRi1Er4ELSe0SoFe+oQgi6AiKM1u jS4agVqo/SzUAIVyBF4+q6sDgXZYJCLqAz/1Ym+MwiOHn0kxg8wW3EYP5HjX+ClbI+BL 6msZ00skf/G5pidB09hLkNmWdIZs2bKlZ57kUE9q8hN+F8iu3N0Vbw9q3/ENZZVYYg3c qhYeNyjvVGWQ+SQF0MIqO7HVGzE/3FN0IlgR8qQsbl1d8LgOw5e9lK1re7cxmB+9Z/QY WRJw== X-Gm-Message-State: APjAAAURqKhqDq+Iz+5gTGfT9xV7g+5EQqhqMoV5WLDxEtwfnmmmb1zs iuolRrc6SbclRbmrllfJecuj0cQQStI= X-Google-Smtp-Source: APXvYqzX91BxobymrYjJDqT7B72huy6i2aS3EFlw2wDQhmG6RljgguuC17ibY7yiIEKhiropiOO7lw== X-Received: by 2002:a1c:7dd7:: with SMTP id y206mr4763531wmc.81.1553505274098; Mon, 25 Mar 2019 02:14:34 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.0.0.1] ([5.102.238.221]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id v2sm13868475wme.29.2019.03.25.02.14.32 for (version=TLS1_2 cipher=ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 bits=128/128); Mon, 25 Mar 2019 02:14:33 -0700 (PDT) Subject: Re: Unable to mount FAT16 partition (Invalid Argument) To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org References: <3fbf4d30-e286-fe43-3476-d2f4626b2407@gmail.com> From: Amit Yaron Message-ID: Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 11:14:27 +0200 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; FreeBSD i386; rv:60.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/60.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <3fbf4d30-e286-fe43-3476-d2f4626b2407@gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Language: en-US Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: A6C9A8812D X-Spamd-Bar: ------ Authentication-Results: mx1.freebsd.org; dkim=pass header.d=phpandmore-net.20150623.gappssmtp.com header.s=20150623 header.b=RLlkuK+7 X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-6.02 / 15.00]; ARC_NA(0.00)[]; RCVD_VIA_SMTP_AUTH(0.00)[]; R_DKIM_ALLOW(-0.20)[phpandmore-net.20150623.gappssmtp.com:s=20150623]; NEURAL_HAM_MEDIUM(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; FROM_HAS_DN(0.00)[]; TO_MATCH_ENVRCPT_ALL(0.00)[]; NEURAL_HAM_LONG(-1.00)[-1.000,0]; MIME_GOOD(-0.10)[text/plain]; PREVIOUSLY_DELIVERED(0.00)[freebsd-questions@freebsd.org]; TO_DN_NONE(0.00)[]; RCPT_COUNT_ONE(0.00)[1]; RCVD_COUNT_THREE(0.00)[3]; IP_SCORE(-2.84)[ip: (-9.60), ipnet: 2a00:1450::/32(-2.38), asn: 15169(-2.14), country: US(-0.07)]; DKIM_TRACE(0.00)[phpandmore-net.20150623.gappssmtp.com:+]; MX_GOOD(-0.01)[ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM,ALT2.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM,ASPMX5.GOOGLEMAIL.COM,ALT1.ASPMX.L.GOOGLE.COM,ASPMX3.GOOGLEMAIL.COM,ASPMX2.GOOGLEMAIL.COM,ASPMX4.GOOGLEMAIL.COM]; RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE(0.00)[2.3.3.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.0.2.0.0.4.6.8.4.0.5.4.1.0.0.a.2.list.dnswl.org : 127.0.5.0]; NEURAL_HAM_SHORT(-0.88)[-0.876,0]; R_SPF_NA(0.00)[]; FROM_EQ_ENVFROM(0.00)[]; MIME_TRACE(0.00)[0:+]; RCVD_TLS_LAST(0.00)[]; ASN(0.00)[asn:15169, ipnet:2a00:1450::/32, country:US]; MID_RHS_MATCH_FROM(0.00)[] X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 09:14:37 -0000 Try mounting an MS-DOS file sytem as follows: mount -t msdosfs . On 25.3.2019 3:42, Peter Erickson wrote: > I'm hoping to get some assistance mounting a FAT (FAT16?) partition > created by the VMware ESXi installer (version 6.7.0). Every attempt to > mount it on 11.2-RELEASE-p4, results in an "Invalid argument" error, > without much to indicate what is wrong or how to resolve it. Any advice > or direction would be much appreciated. > > # gpart show ada1 > =>      34  16777149  ada1  GPT  (8.0G) >         34        30        - free -  (15K) >         64      8128     1  efi  (4.0M) >       8192        32        - free -  (16K) >       8224    511968     5  ms-basic-data  (250M) >     520192        32        - free -  (16K) >     520224    511968     6  ms-basic-data  (250M) >    1032192        32        - free -  (16K) >    1032224    225248     7  vmware-vmkdiag  (110M) >    1257472        32        - free -  (16K) >    1257504    585696     8  ms-basic-data  (286M) >    1843200   8386560     2  ms-basic-data  (4.0G) >   10229760   6547423     3  vmware-vmfs  (3.1G) > > # ls /dev/ada1* > /dev/ada1        /dev/ada1p2     /dev/ada1p5     /dev/ada1p7 > /dev/ada1p1      /dev/ada1p3     /dev/ada1p6     /dev/ada1p8 > > # file -s /dev/ada1p5 > /dev/ada1p5: DOS/MBR boot sector, code offset 0x3c+2, OEM-ID "MSDOS5.0", > sectors/cluster 8, reserved sectors 2, root entries 512, Media > descriptor 0xf8, sectors/FAT 250, sectors/track 32, heads 64, sectors > 511968 (volumes > 32 MB), serial number 0x4e781016, label: " ", FAT (16 > bit) > > # mount -t msdosfs /dev/ada1p5 /mnt > mount_msdosfs: /dev/ada1p5: Invalid argument > > While this isn't the drive I initially had the problem with, I have been > able to recreate it using VirtualBox. > > # dmesg | grep ada1 > ada1 at ata0 bus 0 scbus0 target 1 lun 0 > ada1: ATA-6 device > ada1: Serial Number VB039c38ca-974cc97c > ada1: 33.300MB/s transfers (UDMA2, PIO 65536bytes) > ada1: 8192MB (16777216 512 byte sectors) > > FWIW, knoppix has no issues mounting the partition, but I'd really be > interested in getting this to work on FreeBSD. > > knoppix # mount | grep /dev/sdb5 > /dev/sdb5 on /mnt type vfat > (rw,relatime,fmask=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=850,iocharset=utf8,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-ro) > > > Based on the info from knoppix, I tried to mount the partition under > FreeBSD using mount_msdosfs directly and specifying the locale > (en_US.UTF-8) and codepage (CP850) , but the result was the same - > "Invalid argument." > > Thanks in advance. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >