Re: mount_msdosfs

From: Darksidex (humprhey_at_gmail.com)
Date: 10/27/04

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    Date: Wed, 27 Oct 2004 20:32:02 +0000
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    On Wed, 27 Oct 2004 10:19:38 -0500, Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P.
    <kdk@daleco.biz> wrote:
    > Darksidex wrote:
    >
    >
    >
    > >Hello list,
    > >
    > >I'm trying to mount a HD that is fat32 formated. I try:
    > >#mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1(yes, usb) /mnt
    > >but it fails.
    > >
    > >I think it fails because the disk capacity is near 200GB
    > >
    > >Is there something I can do?
    > >Thanks in advantage, and I sorry for my bad english.
    > >
    > >
    >
    > According to:
    >
    > http://www.freebsd.org/releases/5.3R/todo.html
    >
    > msdosfs work from OpenDarwin has been merged back
    > into FreeBSD. This might address the "too large" issue,
    > but I don't know, being just a newbie myself.
    >
    > So, it'd be either update to the latest release candidate
    > for 5.3, or attempt to grab just the msdosfs stuff from
    > the CVS repo and build that part of the tree against
    > your current installation. ***I have no idea whether
    > this would work or not, and strongly advise you not
    > to do it unless you can get confirmation from an expert,
    > perferably a FreeBSD committer, or you like to fix
    > broken installations ....***
    >
    > KDK
    >

    Ok, I will try to update to 5.3. If it doesn't work, I think I will
    have to create 2 partitions.
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