Ananth A wrote: > On 7/11/06, Pavan T C <Pavan.Chandrashekar at sun.com> wrote: > >> > -how do i mount a fat32 partition ????? a search on google gave me the >> > command >> > mount -F pcfs /dev/dsk/c0d0p0 /winc >> > but i got an error message about not able to find the filesystem >> type.. >> >> pcfs is the module that supports FAT. The way you specify the device to >> be mounted is as follows : > > > i did try with the other pN values (for the other primary partition) > but i get a unrecognized file system or file system not supported > error. i dont recall the exact message so shall try again today and > let you know.
Here's an easy way out. Boot from BeleniX 0.4.4 CD and execute df -h This will show you the exact device name of your FAT partition which will be mounted under /mnt/fatN. Now execute: cat /etc/vfstab From the output you can get the exact mount entry. Note it down and add it to your /etc/vfstab after booting from harddisk. Actually BeleniX 0.4.4 comes with the utility /usr/bin/partmgr that makes it easy to identify the mountable FAT partition device names using: /usr/bin/partmgr /dev/rdsk/cNdNp0 -doslabel This is automatically used during bootup of the LiveCD. > > also, can i view my usb pendrive under solaris using a similar command ? > i found a /dev/usb/mass-storage device after i plugged it in but was > unable to mount it... any thoughts ?? It should mount automatically, if your USB pendrive is formatted as FAT. Also ensure that Volume Manager is running using: svcs volfs If this says "disabled" then execute: svcadm enable volfs. > > is *bsd ufs2 different from the solaris ufs ??? can i mount a bsd ufs > under solaris or vice versa ?? It is different though there are similarities as well. Someone has to port it. > >> Does that suggest anything ? Please visit : >> http://www.genunix.org/wiki/index.php/Writing_Filesystems > > > Thanks! i guess its not that simple as copying from the linux/bsd > sources :-) Linux kernel modules are GPL and cannot be simply ported to OpenSolaris and vice versa. It will be a violation of GPL. However userland stuff is fine. FUSE is being implemented on OpenSolaris which will allow userland filesystem modules to be ported onto OpenSolaris. See: http://www.opensolaris.org/os/project/fuse/ ZFS has already been ported to Linux FUSE avoiding the licensing issues. Regards, Moinak. > > > Ananth > _______________________________________________ > ug-bosug mailing list > List-Unsubscribe: mailto:ug-bosug-unsubscribe at opensolaris.org > List-Owner: mailto:ug-bosug-owner at opensolaris.org > List-Archives: http://www.opensolaris.org/jive/forum.jspa?forumID=54
