Date: Wed, 13 Aug 1997 18:33:45 -0400 From: Randall Hopper <rhh@ct.picker.com> To: Brad Hendrickse <bradh@iafrica.com> Cc: Tom Kish <tomk@cmhcsys.com>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Mounting a DOS filesystem Message-ID: <19970813183345.04087@ct.picker.com> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.970813075729.18836B-100000@nscfw.iafrica.com>; from Brad Hendrickse on Wed, Aug 13, 1997 at 07:58:21AM %2B0200 References: <33F0C9A3.A21@cmhc.com> <Pine.BSF.3.96.970813075729.18836B-100000@nscfw.iafrica.com>
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Brad Hendrickse: |> When I try mounting my "D:" dos drive which shows up under BSD as |> /dev/wd2s1 I get an error saying "invalid type". The command I use is: |> mount -t msdos /dev/wd2s1 /dos_d | | Try 'mount -t msdos /dev/wd2s5 /dos_d'. FreeBSD seems to claim the first |four slices for itself.. Not really. The first 4 (s1-s4) are the primary partitions (FreeBSD calls them slices) that are stored in the disk MBR. An extended partition picks up at s5. If D: is a DOS primary partition, use wd#s1-4 (do a fdisk wd# in FreeBSD to see what slot its in -- probably the first -- s1). If its a DOS extended partition (DOS fdisk will tell you this), use wd#s5. If the latter, don't forget to "cd /dev; sh MAKEDEV wd#s5". And as I mentioned in my other reply, wd2 is your third disk, not your second. If you meant your second, use wd1s# for the slice name instead. Randall Hopper
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