Date: Tue, 30 Nov 2004 03:13:21 -0500 From: Brian Bobowski <bbobowski@cogeco.ca> To: RL <rlurman@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: USB Flash Drive Message-ID: <41AC2BA1.1000002@cogeco.ca> In-Reply-To: <e6ceb9d4041129211472c6503f@mail.gmail.com> References: <e6ceb9d4041129211472c6503f@mail.gmail.com>
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RL wrote: >I just got a new USB 2.0 flashdrive that I want to access. It >recognizes it fine as da0. I am wondering how I actually mount that. >Do I need an entry in /etc/fstab? If not how would I mount it with >the mount -t command? > > Yes, put an entry in /etc/fstab for it. e.g.: /dev/da0 /flash[1] msdosfs[2] rw [1]Or whatever you call the mount point(make sure the mount point exists, of course) [2]To the best of my knowledge, most devices format their Flash memory as an MSDOS FAT filesystem; my digital camera certainly does, and this is the entry I put for the CF card reader. You probably don't want to dump or check this, nor mount it auto, since it's removable media; if I'm wrong, put in the appropriate options(from man fstab and man mount). -BB
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