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Date:      Wed, 11 Apr 2007 09:12:56 +0200
From:      Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl>
To:        Tun Eler <tuneler@bsdmail.com>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: mounting an external Hard Drive
Message-ID:  <20070411071256.GA98197@slackbox.xs4all.nl>
In-Reply-To: <20070410210946.662687AEA0@ws5-10.us4.outblaze.com>
References:  <20070410210946.662687AEA0@ws5-10.us4.outblaze.com>

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On Tue, Apr 10, 2007 at 11:09:46PM +0200, Tun Eler wrote:
> Hello,
> i was trying to mount an external HDD in my machine running FBSD 6.2 RELE=
ASE.=20
> I configured the kernel according to the Handbook and pluged the exernal =
HD.
> Then i typed (starting with # are my commands, otherwise output):
>=20
> # dmesg
> acpi_tz0: failed to set new freq, disabling passive cooling
> umass0: vendor 0x04b4 Cypress AT2LP=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 RC7, rev 2.00/2.40, ad=
dr 2
> da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0
> da0: <SAMSUNG SP2514N 0000> Fixed Direct Access SCSI-0 device=20
> da0: 1.000MB/s transfers
> da0: 238475MB (488397168 512 byte sectors: 255H 63S/T 30401C)

> # mount_msdosfs /dev/da0 /exthd
> mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0: Invalid argument

Don't mount the disk, use a partition.

> # mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /exthd
> mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0s1: Invalid argument

This should be allright.

> # dmesg
> mountmsdosfs(): bad FAT32 filesystem
> mountmsdosfs(): bad FAT32 filesystem

Are you sure it is formatted with FAT? It could be NTFS.

Try running 'fsck_msdosfs /dev/da0s1'

Roland
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R.F.Smith                                   http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/
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