Subject: Re: MSDOS partitions
To: None <mgandalf@ptd.net>
From: Berndt Josef Wulf <wulf@hotdog.ping.apana.org.au>
List: port-i386
Date: 06/08/1996 15:23:14
> 
> This is something that is really bugging me.  I have a 50meg SCSI disk o=
> n
> /dev/sd1 that I wish to format as MSDOS and mount under NetBSD for use w=
> ith
> Wine.  Now, I have tried WITH and WITHOUT a disklabel on sd1 and yet eve=
> rytime
> I attempt to mount I get "msdos: mount: Operation not supported by devic=
> e".  I
> haven't the slightest clue what that means.  disklabel shows two partiti=
> ons, d
> and e.  d being unused (whole drive of course) and e with an offset of 3=
> 2 and
> goes to the end cylinder and is fstype MSDOS.  Now, why, if everything t=
> hat I
> can find points to the fact that there is an MSDOS partition on sd1, can=
> 't I
> mount the drive?
> 
> I am using the commands: mount=5Fmsdos /dev/sd1e /usr/local/wine/c and m=
> ount -t
> msdos /dev/sd1e /usr/local/wine/c.  I have also tried to mount them to /=
> mnt.=20
> I have worked on this for hours and come up with absolutely nothing.
> 

Did you enable the "options MSDOSFS" in your kernel config file? If
not you should and build a new kernel.


cheerio Berndt
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Name	: Berndt Josef Wulf
E-Mail	: wulf@hotdog.apana.org.au
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