Subject: Re: More SPARCbook insanity
To: Mike Parson <mparson@bl.org>
From: Michael <macallan18@earthlink.net>
List: port-sparc
Date: 04/10/2005 12:15:18
Hello,

> >> wdc0 at pcmcia1 function 0: <128MB,        , 5.0>
> >> wdc0: i/o mapped mode
> >> atabus0 at wdc0 channel 0
> >> wd0 at atabus0 drive 0: <Hitachi ATA 6.1>
> >> wd0: drive supports 1-sector PIO transfers, LBA addressing
> >> wd0: 122 MB, 978 cyl, 8 head, 32 sec, 512 bytes/sect x 250368 sectors
> >> wd0: no disk label
> >> wd0: no disk label
> >> wd0: no disk label
> >> wd0: no disk label
> >> wd0: no disk label
> >> tadpole# 
> > Could you access the CF card?
> 
> That was at the top:
> 
> tadpole# disklabel -i /dev/wd0
> partition> P
> 3 partitions:
> #        size    offset     fstype [fsize bsize cpg/sgs]
>  c:    250368         0     unused      0     0        # (Cyl.      0 -    977)
> partition> Q
> 
> tadpole# mount -t msdos /dev/wd0c /mnt
> mount_msdos: /dev/wd0c on /mnt: Operation not supported by device
> 
> But I just stuck that same card in my WinXP laptop, and the card was
> formatted fat32 for my GBA MoviePlayer.  Feh, trying again with a
> regular FAT FS.
NetBSD can read and write FAT32.

> And the card that did mount under Solaris does not mount under NetBSD.
> Same results under disklabel -i though.
Give mbrlabel a try - it should make  up a disklabel from an MBR. Maybe mont_msdod is picky because the partition you tried to mount is not marked as msdos.

> A friend of mine has an 802.11b card that is supported under NetBSD,
> he's been out of town all week, I'll see if I borrow it and give it a
> shot too.
Yes, please do that :)

have fun
Michael