On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 9:45 AM, Ross Walker <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Mar 27, 2009 at 6:24 AM, Marc Campos <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Firs of all I must say I'm new to OpenSolaris so please, be patient with me >> as I came form the Linux world. >> ;) >> >> Ok, the problem I have is mounting vfat partitions from USB disks. >> >> First I show you the partition table seen by the linux OS. >> Is something like that: >> >> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System >> /dev/sdb1 1 12450 100004593+ 83 Linux >> /dev/sdb2 12451 19929 60075067+ 5 Extended >> /dev/sdb5 12451 15061 20972826 83 Linux >> /dev/sdb6 15062 19929 39102178+ 83 Linux >> >> /dev/sdb1 is an ext3 partition >> /dev/sdb5 is a vfat partition >> /dev/sdb6 is a vfat partition >> >> Well, now in OpenSolaris I get: >> >> # rmformat -l >> Looking for devices... >> 1. Logical Node: /dev/rdsk/c0t0d0p0 >> Physical Node: /p...@0,0/pci1028,1...@1d,7/h...@1/stor...@4/d...@0,0 >> Connected Device: Maxtor 6 1KSE 1HW0 >> Device Type: Removable >> Bus: USB >> Size: 156,3 GB >> Label: <Unknown> >> Access permissions: Medium is not write protected. >> >> I tried several methods to mount this partitions without success. >> I have restarted 'rmvolmgr', disabled it and tested... but nothing.... >> >> My qüestions are: >> >> * If the disk is '/dev/rdsk/c0t0d0p0' which will be the tag for the first >> logical partition inside >> the extended one?? ( /dev/sdb5 ) ( which is vfat ) >> * It seems that vfat partitions in OpenSolaris are supported by default, >> isn't it?? > > Curious myself on how to mount an extended FAT partition under Solaris > I did a little google for Solaris extended partition and found this > site: > > http://multiboot.solaris-x86.org/v/2.html > > It doesn't explain the full reasoning behind the c0t0d0p4:c semantics, > but it's a good start. I guess a man mount may show more...
A little more digging on the site found: http://multiboot.solaris-x86.org/iv/3.html the bottom line, accessing extended partitions in Solaris is a per-file system hack... -Ross _______________________________________________ Solaris-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/solaris-users
