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Old 7th July 2009
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Default SOLVED -- mount_msdosfs /dev/da0: : Invalid argument

I am running FreeBSD 7.2 with the stock kernel.
I am logged in as root (yeah, I know...)
I plug a USB memory stick into a USB port and I type camcontrol devlist. The computer responds with:
< USB Flash Memory 5.00 > at scbus 0 target 0 lun 0 (pass0,da0)

Permissions for /mnt are 777.

I go into /etc/fstab and add the following line:
/dev/da0 /mnt msdosfs rw,noauto 0 0

I type
mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0 /mnt

And the computer responds
mount_msdosfs /dev/da0: : Invalid argument

?!?!?!?! What am I doing wrong?

Last edited by harold; 7th July 2009 at 12:47 AM. Reason: typos! Solved!
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Generally, fat32 partitions are located at /dev/da0s1.

Search and read some information on disks, slices and partitions - the handbook (www.freebsd.org/handbook) is a good place to start.
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Normally, USB sticks are formatted, with 1 slice covering the entire device. Thus, you should try mounting /dev/da0s1 and not /dev/da0.

Check the output of ls /dev/da* to see if there are any slices on the device. Or the output of fdisk -l da0.

You also don't need to edit /etc/fstab, unless you want the filesystem mounted automatically at boot.
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Changed it to mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt and she works!
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One important notice! Check your system file on your USB stick. if it is formatted NTFS then mount -t msdosfs will not work and you should use instead
mount -t ntfs
If NTFS driver is not installed you should first install it! Then every thing go right.
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You joined just to revive an already resolved topic from 2009? why would you do that?
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