On May 17 21:53:19, Robert wrote: > On Sun, 17 May 2009 21:17:40 +0200 > Jan Stary <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Scenario: 4.5 installed on Emtec 2GB-FM mp3 player, using 1G of the > > 2G, the rest being 1G of FAT (a separate fdisk partition, labeled as > > sd0i). Everyting works BSD-wise, provided the machine I plug it in > > can boot off USB at all. Now, I still want to be able to use it as a > > mp3 player. > > > > I created newfs_msdos on sd0i, can copy files back and forth. > > But when I turn the mp3 player on then, it says 'no song found'. > > (The FM player works.) > > > > After I (put my quarantine gloves on and) plugged the player into > > a windows machine and repartitioned the 1g partition with win's > > 'format', and copied some mp3's, the player _can_ see them and play > > them. If I newfs_msdos the partition again, the player cannot read it > > again. > > > > That makes me ask: is there something newfs_msdos doesn't that win > > FAT 'format' does that could be relevant to this? Did someone > > experience the same? > > > > Thanks > > > > Jan > > Hi, > > for Windows or your player in this case, the FAT partition > usually should be first on the drive.
In a nutshell, that's what solved it. > Partiton the drive under Windows. Also make the second primary > partition for OpenBSD. Format the first partition for your mp3-player. > At this point it should work as music thingy. Yes it does. > Now boot your OpenBSD install media and get a shell, change the > partiton type of the second partiton to A6 and continue the > installation with 'install'. (I like to play with fdisk outside of the > install script. You could also do that step when fdisk is invoked after > selecting "no, not the full diks".) > As far as i remember that's what worked for me long ago. That's what worked for me now, except I used fdisk from within the standard install. On May 18 19:41:37, Nick Holland wrote: > Windows can't handle a Windows partition that is not first on a flash > disk, so it wouldn't surprise me if the stripped-way-down-non-OS on an > MP3 player would have even more significant limitations. > > Still, a cool thing to do. :) Indeed. A cheap-o mp3 player that is a full OpenBSD install (and can be installed _from_), collects broken friends' dmesg's, and has a crypted /home beats a stupid iphone anytime.
