Date: Thu, 6 Sep 2001 13:46:21 -0700 From: fallous <fallous@warped.com> To: "Robin P. Blanchard" <Robin_Blanchard@gactr.uga.edu> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: mount madness Message-ID: <200109062046.f86KkLw03110@web.sitecontent.com> In-Reply-To: <3B97D6BE.4BC44465@gactr.uga.edu> References: <3B97ACED.A8BFE9A8@gactr.uga.edu> <20010906155645.C8026@peitho.fxp.org> <3B97D6BE.4BC44465@gactr.uga.edu>
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I'm not sure I've ever run into fat32x before, and I've mounted fat32 partitions created under win98 that were 30G under freebsd just fine. On Thursday 06 September 2001 01:04 pm, Robin P. Blanchard wrote: > after much wailing and gnashing of teeth i've figured out > what the problem is. i wasn't doing anything wrong. > the command was fine. > > the damn harddisk that i've been assigned to retrieve data > from is apparently fat32x. i can't mount the bastard period. > no freebsd. no linux. nothing. > > windows 2000 can't even speak fat32x. > > ridiculous. > > any ideas on how to get this thing working? > (other than building up a windwos98 box) > > thanks in advance. > > > root@quattro [~]# mount -t msdos /dev/ad1s1 /mnt/fat32 > > msdos: /dev/ad1s1: Invalid argument > > > > > > what the hell am i doing wrong here? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-stable" in the body of the message
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