On 2006-01-05 15:28, Teilhard Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Can someone tell me, or point to me where I can find, how to > mount a Flash Disk in release 6.0? I have Googled, but I simply > cannot find the right way. An icon to mount and unmount on the > desktop would be nice. Thanks.
When I plug my USB JetFlash disk, the following appears in /var/log/messages (and the system console, but I mostly use X11 these days): umass0: USB Flash Disk, rev 2.00/2.00, addr 2 da0 at umass-sim0 bus 0 target 0 lun 0 da0: Removable Direct Access SCSI-2 device da0: 1.000MB/s transfers da0: 250MB (512000 512 byte sectors: 64H 32S/T 250C) When you plug the USB flash disk in, /dev/da0 (or another daX device) is automatically created. If the flash disk already has partitions (they usually come with a single FAT partition), you'll also see da0s1 or something similar: # ls -l /dev/da* crw-r----- 1 root operator - 4, 44 Oct 16 17:38 /dev/da0 If you see only da0, it's possible that the 'raw disk' is formatted using FAT, without a real BIOS-style partition, which means that you should be able to 'mount' it with something like: # /sbin/mount_msdosfs /dev/da0 /mnt That's it. Copy files to and from the /mnt directory. When you are done, make sure you unmount the flash disk before removing it. If you don't, chances are your kernel will panic when it discovers the physical flash disk is gone. # umount /mnt Now, it's safe to pull the flash disk out. _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"