Subject: Re: mounting non-floppy msdos FSes
To: None <netbsd-users@netbsd.org>
From: Sascha Retzki <lantis@iqranet.info>
List: netbsd-users
Date: 12/28/2004 10:57:05
On Mon, Dec 27, 2004 at 11:46:19PM -0800, Aaron J. Grier wrote:
> my wife got me a creative labs muvo N200 for christmas, and it appears
> to be supported by umass:  (when contiguous memory is available, but
> that's another issue)
> 
> umass0 at uhub0 port 2 configuration 1 interface 0
> umass0: CREATIVE MuVo N200, rev 2.00/0.01, addr 2
> umass0: using SCSI over Bulk-Only
> scsibus1 at umass0: 2 targets, 1 lun per target
> sd0 at scsibus1 target 0 lun 0: <CREATIVE, MuVo N200, 0001> disk removable
> sd0: fabricating a geometry
> sd0: 496 MB, 496 cyl, 64 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 1015808 sectors
> 
> however, mount_msdos refuses to mount the partition and doesn't give any
> useful clues as to what the problem is:
> 
> # mount -t msdos /dev/sd0e /mnt
> mount_msdos: /dev/sd0e on /mnt: Invalid argument
> 
> yet the same method works for floppy (replace sd0e with fd0a).

Just to check for FAQs: What does "disklabel /dev/sd0" say? Is e the right
partition?
You mention mtools, so the filesystem should be right, I suppose ( never worked
with "mtools")