Re: Problem mounting I-Stick2 USB flash drive


--- Dan Nelson <dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

In the last episode (Sep 01), L Goodwin said:
--- Dan Nelson <dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
In the last episode (Aug 31), L Goodwin said:
Under FreeBDS 6.2, the following command works
for a 256MBMemorex
Mini TravelDrive, but not for a 256MB
Intelligent Stick
(I-Stick):

mount_msdosfs /dev/da3s1 /mnt

It fails with "mount_msdosfs: /dev/da3s1: No
such file or
directory".

What does "ls -l /dev/da3*" print? Maybe the
filesystem is on a
different slice. Or, if there's no slices, try
mounting /dev/da3
directly.

Mounting /dev/da3 directly worked (thought I had
tried that last
night, but must not have). Thanks!

I don't understand why there is a difference
between the two flash
drives (both are FAT). Is there a way to
accurately predict what the
mount point should be on these?

Not really. An external drive could have
filesystems on one or more
slices if there's an fdisk partition table, or if
it's unpartitioned
(like a floppy disk), there will be a single
filesystem on the raw disk
device itself. One thing you can do is load the
glabel module, which
will scan new devices and create device nodes based
on the filesystem's
label. Then you can just mount whatever label
appears in /dev/msdosfs/.

Cool! Thanks!

--
Dan Nelson
dnelson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx





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