Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 10:52:07 +0200 From: Zbigniew Szalbot <zbigniew@szalbot.homedns.org> To: Manolis Kiagias <sonicy@otenet.gr> Cc: Freebsd questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: finding the USB drive name, mounting and formatting Message-ID: <0c455a270b66fc687d37e6c41125dd14@szalbot.homedns.org> In-Reply-To: <46949856.1040309@otenet.gr> References: <46949856.1040309@otenet.gr>
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Hello, >> I created /mnt/usbck and would like to mount it there, then format it as > it >> uses msdos file system (FAT). >> >> How do I determine the name of the drive is my first problem. It is not >> da0, it is? What is the command to check it? I mean I think it is not > da0 >> because da0 timestamp is a few days old. > If this is a USB flash drive with a FAT partition, it is probably just > da0s1 (I am using one right now!) . Just do an ls /dev/da0* > and simply mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usbck Thank you for your answer. I do have da0s1 but mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usbck mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0s1: Invalid argument Also, it is not a flash drive, it is an external USB drive with IDE hd in it (80 GB). I will skip formatting as I can see your point. Thanks! Zbigniew Szalbot
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