Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2017 21:07:29 +0200 From: Tomasz CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> To: Scott Bennett <bennett@sdf.org> Cc: FreeBSD Stable <freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: automount usb msdosfs no partition table Message-ID: <CAFYkXjnaLSr=dQFv3rNPv7TQC2zGLZRe6X0Nf-sTe%2B9=aZfJFA@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <201710091859.v99IxvK3008553@sdf.org> References: <mailman.9.1507550400.64362.freebsd-stable@freebsd.org> <201710091830.v99IU4Bd013697@sdf.org> <CAFYkXjmbxceYTBawzDqKWoF5qVLCpxTDPfJrTXkKviEfYLjpCQ@mail.gmail.com> <CAFYkXjnJfjBK7xj-nBCKtZkdFXKFA7wbgMP%2BE5ROpV=yzpp-OA@mail.gmail.com> <CAFYkXjmFgPTz1a5itJrX7_OYmq3Y=KXYUekWCcAsEWZ4ME6FXw@mail.gmail.com> <201710091859.v99IxvK3008553@sdf.org>
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On Mon, Oct 9, 2017 at 8:59 PM, Scott Bennett <bennett@sdf.org> wrote: > Tomasz CEDRO <tomek@cedro.info> wrote: >> i cannot format that device, as its the "firmware feature" that it has no >> partition table.. i would have to fix the firmware.. but it would be nice >> to automount it anyway as macos, linux and windoze can :-) > Well, put a partition table onto it, then. You can use either gpart(8) > or fdisk(8) to do that and to create a slice, and then use newfs_msdos(8) to > create the file system. > I understood from your previous message that you wanted to create a FAT32 > file system on /dev/da0 rather than on /dev/da0s1, which meant on the bare > device rather than on a slice. Otherwise, create the partition table, create > a slice, and proceed. The problem is device has hardcoded filesystem, with no partition table, all this is created by firmware on device boot, cannot get formatted nor partitioned.. I can mount it by hand.. but it does not get automounted.. and exactly this part is the problem and quest here :-) :-) -- CeDeROM, SQ7MHZ, http://www.tomek.cedro.info
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