On Tue, Mar 18, 2003 at 11:38:48PM -0700 or thereabouts, darren_spruell wrote:
Filesystem = unknown. I am able to mount it under Windows 2000 Pro and in the past on an identical FreeBSD box. I believe the command I used was 'mount /dev/rda0 /mnt' and it worked, sometimes. Under Linux it mounts flawlessly with 'mount /dev/sda /mnt'...
The device is not partitioned.
Now all my attempts under FreeBSD end in "...I/O error."
To find out the filesystem: # file -s /dev/da0 This will run 'file' on the contents of the drive (-s flag) instead of the drive itself (otherwise, it would say `character device' or something).
Some common `mount' commands you could use: If `file' says something about DOS or Windows: # kldload msdosfs # mount_msdosfs /dev/da0 /mnt If `file' says it's UFS: # mount /dev/da0 /mnt If `file' says it's ext2: # kldload ext2fs # mount_ext2fs /dev/da0 /mnt Otherwise, send me the output of the file command above and I'll see what I can do. Notes: 1) If you're running 4.x, replace 'msdosfs' with 'msdos' above. 2) `mount' wants /dev/da0, not /dev/rda0.
-- Darren Spruell Sento IS Department [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hope this helps, Josh
This is with the device plugged into the USB port, but not mounted:
# file -s /dev/da0 file /dev/da0: can't read `/dev/da0' (Input/output error).
I found out that I can mount it like this:
# mount -t msdos /dev/rd0s1 /mnt
Output with device mounted: # file -s /dev/da0 /dev/da0: x86 boot sector
So, I can mount it now, knowing that I have to mount it as msdos, and that I must mount /dev/rda0s1 (wouldn't have thought to mount just a slice...?)
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