From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 11 09:32:05 2007 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [69.147.83.52]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 648D516A400 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:32:05 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from rosebud.otenet.gr (rosebud.otenet.gr [195.170.0.94]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E79B513C448 for ; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:32:04 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sonicy@otenet.gr) Received: from freebsdgr.dyndns.org (athedsl-305404.home.otenet.gr [85.73.240.154]) (authenticated bits=0) by rosebud.otenet.gr (8.13.8/8.13.8/Debian-3) with ESMTP id l6B9W0En008103; Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:32:01 +0300 Message-ID: <4694A38E.7010003@otenet.gr> Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 12:31:58 +0300 From: Manolis Kiagias User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.4 (X11/20070703) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: Zbigniew Szalbot References: <46949CDD.7040209@otenet.gr> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Freebsd questions Subject: Re: finding the USB drive name, mounting and formatting 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: Wed, 11 Jul 2007 09:32:05 -0000 Zbigniew Szalbot wrote: > Hi there again, > > >>> 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 >>> >>> >>> >>> >> If it is a large hard disk, then it is probably worth it to make a UFS >> filesystem on it. >> You can do this very easily by running sysinstall. You will then have a >> /dev/da0s1d to mount >> In fact you may like to try mounting it as /dev/da0s1d right now and see >> what happens... >> > > No such file or directory when I ls /dev/da0sld > > I am sure I have /dev/da0s1 on my system and it seems to be the 80GB USB > drive as confirmed by sysinstall (btw the system thinks it is a SCSI drive > then?). But back to this error: > > mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usbck > mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0s1: Invalid argument > > When I try mount -a /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usbck, I get: > mount: /dev/da0s1 on /mnt/usbck: incorrect super block > Tried mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1d /mnt/usbck ? > Can you still help? :) > > Thank you! > > Zbigniew Szalbot > > Yes, external USB disks / flash drives are handled as SCSI by the kernel, and you are right the da0 is your disk. Is ls /dev/da0s* showing anything else except da0s1 as a result? I am in front of my FreeBSD system right now, and I have (a UFS formatted) external 250Gb disk on it, I can see da0s1d on ls /dev/da0s* As an afterthought, and maybe dumb question, are you certain the disk is fat formatted and not someting else (i.e. NTFS)?