From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Feb 9 18:52:01 2004 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 5D95416A4CE for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 18:52:01 -0800 (PST) Received: from out1.smtp.messagingengine.com (out1.smtp.messagingengine.com [66.111.4.25]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 494CE43D1D for ; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 18:52:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from judmarc@fastmail.fm) X-Sasl-enc: BfJeawgHV4mEhc2svw9nEw 1076381517 Received: from localhost (dialup-67.74.65.247.Dial1.Philadelphia1.Level3.net [67.74.65.247]) by mail.messagingengine.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3D36F4DFAD9; Mon, 9 Feb 2004 21:51:55 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 09 Feb 2004 21:51:54 -0500 To: "Peter Risdon" , chaucer@alumni.rice.edu References: <001801c3eeb0$a7917b50$6401a8c0@zeta> <40279F6D.5050008@circlesquared.com> From: Jud Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; delsp=yes; charset=utf-8 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: In-Reply-To: <40279F6D.5050008@circlesquared.com> User-Agent: Opera M2/7.50 (Linux, build 573) cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: FDISK Can Not Find FreeBSD Drive 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, 10 Feb 2004 02:52:01 -0000 On Mon, 09 Feb 2004 14:55:41 +0000, Peter Risdon wrote: [snip] > No, Windows can't understand the filesystem there so it treats the drive > as though there were no filesystem on it. It's not anything FreeBSD is > doing. It's a lack of support in Windows for common filesystems. > >> and how would I go about FDISKing the drive in the future should I >> desire. > Don't. FreeBSD does not need you to run an equivalent of FDISK. As > mentioned above, there is something called fdisk in FreeBSD and you'd > should avoid it until you understand the issues better. FreeBSD, OTOH, can see your WinME disk. When you've learned what FreeBSD calls your disks, try the following as root or superuser, assuming you have an empty directory called /mnt: # mount_msdosfs [name of WinME location, perhaps /dev/ad0s1] /mnt # ls /mnt When you're done: # umount /mnt For more info, as root, superuser, or regular user: $ man mount FreeBSD can not only read your WinME disk, it can write to it, so be careful not to make unintentional changes. Jud