Subject: Re: Mounting FAT32 paritions
To: Jeff Flowers <jeffrey@jeffreyf.net>
From: None <collver1@attbi.com>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 07/29/2002 09:32:56
On Mon, Jul 29, 2002 at 12:12:01PM -0400, Jeff Flowers wrote:
> My computer has two hard drives attached to a Promise controller card,
> wd0 and wd1. NetBSD is installed on wd0 and I have a single primary
> (2GB, FAT32) partition on wd1.
> 
> I need to mount the second drive's FAT32 partition in order to
> retrieve some files off of it but I keep getting an alert about the
> disk being unconfigured. I really need the data off that partition, so
> I am afraid to play too much. What do I need to do in order for NetBSD
> to mount that partition? I tried:
> 
> mount_msdos /dev/wd1a /mnt
> mount -t msdos /dev/wd1a /mnt
> 
> Sorry if I missed this in the FAQ but I didn't see it.

sleep 100 </dev/wd1d &
mbrlabel -f -w /dev/wd1d
mount -t msdos /dev/wd1a /mnt