Subject: Re: Mounting a 2GB MP3 player
To: None <netbsd-help@NetBSD.org>
From: Peter Seebach <seebs@plethora.net>
List: netbsd-help
Date: 06/29/2005 21:29:15
In message <42C333C5.1020500@starling.us>, Gan Uesli Starling writes:
>  d:   4079104         0     unused      0     0        # (Cyl.      0 - 
>   1991*)
>  e:   4079042        62      MSDOS                     # (Cyl.      0*- 
>   1991*)
>disklabel: boot block size 0
>disklabel: super block size 0
>baal: {8}
></snip>
>
>When I try to mount in the usual way, I get this...
>
><snip>
>baal: {8} sudo mount_msdos -l /dev/sd0e /keyfob
>mount_msdos: /dev/sd0e on /keyfob: Invalid argument
>baal: {9}
></snip>
>
>What, pray tell, am I doing wrong?

Maybe it's not a standard DOS filesystem, but is something else cleverly
designed to keep you using the provided software?

Grovel through the first 256K or so of the disk looking for a DOS disk header.

-s