On 11/4/05, edward <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Assistance welcome, James. I finally gave up trying to mount the iPod as > an HFS+ device and reformated it in FAT32. Now I can mount it and access > its content (I use mount -t msdos /dev/da0s2 /mnt/ipod). > However, I can unmount it using umount /mnt/ipod, but I'm not quite sure > how to get it to understand its not connected anymore. I wouldn't mind > taking a look at the scripts you mentionned early on. > "The camcontrol utility can cause a loss of data and/or system crashes > if used improperly. Even expert users are encouraged to exercise > caution when using this command. Novice users should stay away from > this utility" says the man page. With such an invitation, I can't wait > to get my hands into this one :). > Thanks, > Edward
Here's my script, which I put in /usr/local/bin. You will have to change the mount point and device for camcontrol to suit your setup. You may also want to change permissions on things in /dev so that you can do this as a user. Don't forget that you need to change passN and xpt0, not just the da device. Look in /etc/devfs.conf to see how to make the chanages stick, and change the vfs.usermount sysctl to 1. I based my setup of this on the various documents out there about user-mounting CDs. ---CUT--- #!/bin/sh case "$1" in start) echo "Mounting ipod..." mount /ipod ;; stop) echo "Ejecting ipod..." umount /ipod && camcontrol eject 0:0 ;; *) echo "" echo "Usage: `basename $0` { start | stop }" echo "" exit 64 ;; esac ---CUT--- I just modified one of the rc scripts to make it :) Now I can do "ipod start" and "ipod stop" to mount and umount/eject it. On a sort of related note, anyone had problems with gtkpod reporting double the free space on the ipod? "df" and my iPod agree about the free space, but gtkpod says that double that amount is free. I've had this on 5.4 and 6.0 and on both i386 and amd64. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"