Re: FBSD 5.3-STABLE and 200GB USB2 drive

From: Kevin D. Kinsey, DaleCo, S.P. (kdk_at_daleco.biz)
Date: 11/14/04

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    To: nick holley <nick.holley@gmail.com>
    
    

    nick holley wrote:

    >On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 11:54:40 +0100, Darksidex <humprhey@gmail.com> wrote:
    >
    >
    >>>On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 18:19:40 +0100, Darksidex <humprhey@gmail.com> wrote:
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>>That is my problem. I have updated my system to 5.3, and I tried to
    >>>>mount my USB2.0 drive (with 200GB), and the system can't mount it. I
    >>>>had heard that this FBSD version was able to mount this kind of
    >>>>drives, it is true? In that case, what I have to do?
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>>
    >>>Can you be a little more specific? What errors (if any) do you
    >>>receive? Does the system detect the drive? etc.
    >>>
    >>>Nick
    >>>
    >>>
    >>>
    >>mountmsdosfs(): disk too big (or something like this at this moment I
    >>dont remember)
    >>My systems detects the unit, in /dev/da0s1
    >>#: mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /internet (/internet directory exists)
    >>
    >>
    >
    >I'm want to say that your problem is exactly what it says. I think
    >that FreeBSD can only deal with a fat32 partition up to a certain size
    >(128GB?). You might also try splitting it into a couple of different
    >partitions or reformatting as UFS if you don't need windows
    >compatability.
    >
    >Nick
    >
    >

    Also might want to keep careful track of what is going on with
    development; one of the goals for 5.3-RELEASE, I thought, was
    merging in some changes to msdosfs contributed by the nice
    folks at Apple; but I've not checked lately to see if that was done
    or whatnot ...

    Kevin Kinsey
    DaleCo, S.P.
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