Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 02:10:58 +0100 (CET) From: Marc Smits <marcs@support.euronet.nl> To: Hiten Pandya <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com> Cc: Martin Zibert <martin.zibert@drustvo-dns.si>, freebsd-newbies@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Accessing FAT32 logical partition Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0112010209440.2656-100000@support.euronet.nl> In-Reply-To: <20011129190819.40259.qmail@web21106.mail.yahoo.com>
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Wow, I just love this kind of clear explainations. Cheers Martin On Thu, 29 Nov 2001, Hiten Pandya wrote: > hi martin, > the way you are mounting your logical partition i > assume is wrong, as that you have to supply the slice > number on your disk.... > > if FreeBSD and the C: Partition are primary, and D: is > logical, i.e. under and extended partition, > > D: should be /dev/ad0s3, or 4. The rule is... you > cannot just simply say ad0 to mount and it will > complete your request because you havent supplied > which partition you want to mount, i.e ad0 is the > whole disk. > > Also... logical partitions, are same as any other > partitions (mounting wise), as i am telling you this > because i have 4 logical partitions, and 4 primary. > > so... an example mount command would be... > > mount -tmsdos /dev/ad0s3 /tmp > > Thats should solve the problem.. ah! and if you can't > find the mount number as in s<x>, than just type > > ls /dev/ | grep ad0s > > and it will show you all the entries... > > thanks... > > ===== > regards, > Hiten Pandya > <hitmaster2k@yahoo.com> > <http://geocities.com/hitmaster2k>; > > MOTD: I just like _pumping_ the daylights out of a > PENGUIN!!! > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. > http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message > -- Wanadoo, http://www.wanadoo.nl/ Marc Smits, Wanadoo helpdesk Muiderstraat 1; Postbus 11095, 1001 GB Amsterdam T +31 20 5355 666, F +31 20 5355 195, E marcs@support.wanadoo.nl To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-newbies" in the body of the message
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