From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Apr 29 15:14:59 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id A77281065670 for ; Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:14:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from bobbyjwalker@live.com) Received: from blu0-omc4-s11.blu0.hotmail.com (blu0-omc4-s11.blu0.hotmail.com [65.55.111.150]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6D5808FC08 for ; Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:14:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from BLU0-SMTP68 ([65.55.111.137]) by blu0-omc4-s11.blu0.hotmail.com with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:14:58 -0700 X-Originating-IP: [166.205.8.179] X-Originating-Email: [bobbyjwalker@live.com] Message-ID: Received: from [10.94.58.74] ([166.205.8.179]) by BLU0-SMTP68.blu0.hotmail.com over TLS secured channel with Microsoft SMTPSVC(6.0.3790.4675); Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:14:57 -0700 From: Bobby Walker To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-Reply-To: <4BD99400.8050905@a1poweruser.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed; delsp=yes Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: iPhone Mail (7E18) Mime-Version: 1.0 (iPhone Mail 7E18) Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 10:15:42 -0500 References: <4BD97BAF.8080002@a1poweruser.com> <4BD99400.8050905@a1poweruser.com> X-OriginalArrivalTime: 29 Apr 2010 15:14:58.0332 (UTC) FILETIME=[BB212DC0:01CAE7AE] Subject: Re: How To create msdosfs on HD? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 29 Apr 2010 15:14:59 -0000 Sent from my iPhone On Apr 29, 2010, at 9:13 AM, Fbsd1 wrote: > Rod Person wrote: >> On Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:29:35 -0300, Fbsd1 >> wrote: >>> I know mount_msdosfs command is used to mount a HD formated with >>> fat, but I could not find a FBSD command to create a msdos file >>> system on a hard drive. Native dos fdisk/format is no good because >>> it's not USB aware. Is there any FBSD command or port I can use to >>> reformat the UFS hard drive with msdosfs? >>> _______________________________________________ >> Why can't you format it in XP since you connected it to XP? > Because like I say in the first part of post you snipped out that xp > does not assign a drive letter to it. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org > " > In XP the drive should be visible in the disk manager via administration tools. It'll assign a drive letter after you you do a fat32 or ntfs format on either a single partition or the entire drive.