input/output error | mounting usb stick

[bluemorph]

i want to mount a usb stick; according to my disklabel /dev/sd1i the FS is "ext2fs", but after mount -t ext2fs dev/sd1i /mnt/key/ Im receiving
an "input/output error".

unfortunately, i cant find relating issues on the web. All my sources said, it should work after these steps.
I would be very grateful for some advice.

Thx :3

[jggimi]

Hello, and welcome!

I assume your example command has a typo when entered here, and that you meant (and used) /dev/sd1i.

When a disk (or a USB stick) does not have an OpenBSD disklabel, OpenBSD will read the MBR partition table and map those partition types it knows into an in-memory, temporary disklabel. It's called an "in-core" disklabel.

If an MBR partition type is 0x83, this is defined as any native Linux file system. Since the only such foreign file system OpenBSD can mount is ext2 or ext3 (mounted in ext2 mode), this may be why the in-core disklabel was mapped as ext2fs. If your filesystem is ext4, or reiserfs, or any other Linux file system, OpenBSD cannot mount it.

[bluemorph]

Thanks for the welcome greeting :3 & yes, that was a typo.

Ehm, i thought "ext2fs" is the FAT FS - i honestly dont know, how i come up with this idea^^

Anyway, according to some OpenBSD forum threads mount_msdos should support all FAT filesystems. But mount -t msdos /dev/sd1i /mnt/key results in an inappropriate file type or format error.

If your filesystem is ext4, or reiserfs, or any other Linux file system, OpenBSD cannot mount it.

So , if OpenBSD dont support all FAT filesystems & the above applies to FAT FS too i have probably the false FS on my USB Stick. :/

Maybe I could loop the USB Stick through OpenBSD to a Linux VM?

Anyway thanks for your explanations.

[ibara]

Originally Posted by jggimi

If your filesystem is ext4, or reiserfs, or any other Linux file system, OpenBSD cannot mount it.

OpenBSD can mount ext4 hard drives. Read-only though.

[jggimi]

Originally Posted by bluemorph

Ehm, i thought "ext2fs" is the FAT FS

Nope. FAT is a Microsoft filesystem. Your filesytem, still unidentified, is a Linux filesystem.

Anyway, according to some OpenBSD forum threads mount_msdos should support all FAT filesystems.

It does.

But mount -t msdos /dev/sd1i /mnt/key results in an inappropriate file type or format error.

That is because, whatever filesystem you have, it isn't FAT. Your MBR partition table identifies the partion as type 0x83. FAT file systems use other values.

Originally Posted by ibara

OpenBSD can mount ext4 hard drives. Read-only though.

Thanks for the correction!

[J65nko]

We still haven't seen the fdisk(8) and disklabel(8) output of your USB stick

[bluemorph]

Hello,

firstly, sry that i did not respond, had to prepare some important exams..
secondly, the problem got solved, because i formatted the USB Stick to FAT32. It turned out, that i had used this stick to boot a linux distro few months ago.

Unfortunately the very bad ntfs support (Win7 & newer) forced me to change back again to linux. :/

warm regards :3

[ibara]

Did you try sysutils/ntfs-3g?

[bluemorph]

According to a thread i've read here some days ago, the *BSD ntfs implementation only supports windows xp & older ntfs. Even if i could make use of this, the read/write support is still poor, so its recommend to use read only. But unfortunately i use a Win7 ntfs & need write support.
After Christmas, i will try to change the FS on my HDD, so i will see. Thanks anyway :3

[jggimi]

Did you try the package ibara recommended? That is the Tuxera NTFS driver, with read/write support. Same driver you'd find on Linux.

[ibara]

Originally Posted by bluemorph

According to a thread i've read here some days ago, the *BSD ntfs implementation only supports windows xp & older ntfs. Even if i could make use of this, the read/write support is still poor, so its recommend to use read only. But unfortunately i use a Win7 ntfs & need write support.

From the description of the sysutils/ntfs-3g:
NTFS-3G is a stable, full-featured, read-write NTFS driver for Linux,
Android, Mac OS X, FreeBSD, NetBSD, OpenBSD, OpenSolaris, QNX, Haiku,
and other operating systems. It provides safe handling of the
Windows XP, Windows Server 2003, Windows 2000, Windows Vista,
Windows Server 2008 and Windows 7 NTFS file systems.

So if this is no good for you then the only thing good for you is Windows.

[bluemorph]

Thanks a lot, i will try it shortly.