Hi Sandi, Thanks for the clarification. If I unmount the drive, it no longer can be referenced by the device node in /dev, which is interesting. It is as though once unmounted, the OS forgets about it, but I suspect it has something to do with the disk subsystem and how it handles devices. Well I'll keep digging because the info is out there somewhere . :)
THanks, On Jan 4, 2001, at 3:18 PM, sandi sørensen wrote: > first of all, have never used fdisk under osx so i can be very wrong. > but when i have done it on linux i usually unmount the drive i wanna fdisk > and then takes contact with it from the dev folder. Therefore i said as i did. > try eventually before you mess with it too see how huge it is with fdisk. > /sandi > > > > On Jan 11, 2010, at 7:29 AM, Scott Howell wrote: > >> Sandi, >> >> Sorry, I'm not clear on what you are saying here. The device, /dev/disk1 >> does exist, but unlike a "normal" or static /dev file system, I assume that >> perhaps this works more like the DevFS found in some LInux distros? I have >> to admit that I am not that familiar with the newer file systems, which is >> my fault for letting my knowledge get rusty. >> Can you please clarify what you mean? >> >> THanks, >> On Jan 4, 2001, at 1:41 PM, sandi sørensen wrote: >> >>> try getting a hold of it from /dev/ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jan 11, 2010, at 6:17 AM, Scott Howell wrote: >>> >>>> James, I perhaps should be more clear. >>>> >>>> The issue is I cannot find a way to address the device. To explain >>>> further, the flash drive when mounted, shows up as /dev/disk1s1. However, >>>> to properly address the device with fdisk, the device must be umounted, >>>> but when attempting to address the device by >>>> fdisk /dev/disk1 I receive a "file not found" error. So, my assumption is >>>> that the disk subsystem handles unmounted devices differently than I >>>> gather most OpenBSD systems perhaps. I of course do not know for sure and >>>> any thoughts you have would be appreciated. The man page did not provide >>>> any information on how to address the problem. >>>> >>>> THanks, >>>> On Jan 11, 2010, at 6:24 AM, James & Nash wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi Scott, >>>>> >>>>> You wrote: >>>>>> Have any of you used fdisk from the Terminal in order to set the boot >>>>>> flag on a file system, which is contained on a USB flash drive/Thumb >>>>>> drive? I want to creat a bootable usb stick that I can load a small >>>>>> Linux distro on. >>>>> >>>>> I haven't, but I will look into it for you if you like. In theory, there >>>>> should be no problem using fdisk as the Terminal is pretty accessible >>>>> with Voice Over. >>>>> >>>>> TC >>>>> James >>>>> On 11 Jan 2010, at 02:01, Scott Howell wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Folks, >>>>>> >>>>>> Have any of you used fdisk from the Terminal in order to set the boot >>>>>> flag on a file system, which is contained on a USB flash drive/Thumb >>>>>> drive? 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