Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:17:36 +0100 From: Roland Smith <rsmith@xs4all.nl> To: Gonzalo Nemmi <gnemmi@gmail.com> Cc: Pieter Donche <Pieter.Donche@ua.ac.be>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD and USBmemorystick Message-ID: <20081111231736.GA41416@slackbox.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <200811112104.13257.gnemmi@gmail.com> References: <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811112006430.700@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> <20081111192900.GA5398@icarus.home.lan> <Pine.GSO.4.63.0811112032500.700@hmacs.cmi.ua.ac.be> <200811112104.13257.gnemmi@gmail.com>
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[-- Attachment #1 --] On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 09:04:13PM -0200, Gonzalo Nemmi wrote: > On Tuesday 11 November 2008 5:39:02 pm Pieter Donche wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Nov 2008, Jeremy Chadwick wrote: > > > On Tue, Nov 11, 2008 at 08:25:51PM +0100, Pieter Donche wrote: > > >> If I insert a USB memory stick in my laptop with FreeBSD 7.0 nothing > > >> happens. On the same laptop in the SuSE 10.1 partition, the same USB > > >> stick appears in Konqueror under Storage Media and is ready to use) > > >> In FreeBSD, Konqueror shows nothing under Storage Media. > > >> Is this normal? > > > > > > What shows up in your kernel message log (outside of X, usually on the > > > first virtual console) when you insert the stick? It should show a > > > umass device being added, then a daX device being added. > > > > There are indeed messages: > > umass0: <M-SysT5 Dell Memory Key, class ... > on uhub4 > > da0: at umass-sim0 ... > > .. > > da0: 60 Mb (OK, it is a 64 Mb key) > > GEOM_LABEL: Label for provider da0s1 is msdosfs/USB MEMORY It's better to use this device, since it won't change when you plug in an extra USB stick/drive. > > also when unplugging, some messages > > > > $ ls -la /dev/da0s1 > > shows only the character device line > > > > OK then .. let's get it to work. > > 1) Open /etc/devfs.rules and add the following lines: > [system=10] > add path 'da*' mode 0666 add path 'msdosfs/*' mode 0666 I prefer 'mode 0660 group usb' in principle, but that is personal. > (Edit that line to suit your needs) > > 2) Open /etc/rc.conf and add the following line > devfs_system_ruleset="system" > > (Edit that line to suit your needs) > > 3) Create a mountpoint for your pendrive > mkdir -p ~/mnt/pen > > (Edit that line to suit your needs) > > 4) Open /etc/fstab and add a line like this one > > /dev/da0s1 /home/your_user_name/mnt/pen msdosfs rw,noauto 0 0 /dev/msdosfs/USB\ MEMORY /home/your_user_name/mnt/pen msdosfs rw,noauto 0 0 > (Edit that line to suit your needs) > > Reboot > > Done ... I prefer to have a script do the mounting, so I can add some sane flags to mount_msdosfs that you cannot put in options/fstab AFAICT, like '-m 644 -M 755 -l -o noatime -o sync -o noexec -o nosuid'. Roland -- R.F.Smith http://www.xs4all.nl/~rsmith/ [plain text _non-HTML_ PGP/GnuPG encrypted/signed email much appreciated] pgp: 1A2B 477F 9970 BA3C 2914 B7CE 1277 EFB0 C321 A725 (KeyID: C321A725) [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkkaEpAACgkQEnfvsMMhpyVrigCfRP4Qm1DkeB4UbsGHViDqw8yB YEMAnR4/eLqpi0+o3VeIcs0ZRAi3+dA3 =iX4v -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
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