Can't mount my iPhone - Maybe it need not be mounted?

Joshua Isom jrisom at gmail.com
Mon Jun 2 18:13:21 UTC 2008


If I recall right from what I've read about it, it's mounted as a sshfs 
or something like that, network based and not usb based.  You just need 
to install openssh and some other programs.

On Jun 2, 2008, at 9:16 AM, eculp wrote:

> Quoting Joshua Isom <jrisom at gmail.com>:
>
>> To be able to mount your iPhone, you're going to have to essentially 
>> void the warranty and risk turning it into a pretty paperweight.  It 
>> sucks, but that's the way it is.  But at least you can charge your 
>> iPhone using FreeBSD.
>
> I'm already using it with a carrier that isn't yet authorized so I 
> have to assume that it is "jailbroken" but I still can't find a way to 
> mount it. It seems that it isn't recoginzed by FreeBSD current as 
> being mountable.
>
> Thanks for the warning.
>
> ed
>
>>
>> On Jun 1, 2008, at 11:10 AM, eculp wrote:
>>
>>> I've not been successful at googling a way to connect freebsd 
>>> current amd64 to my iPhone.  Eventually, I would like to be able to 
>>> sync and upload to it from an opensource substitute for iTunes, that 
>>> doesn't have a version from FreeBSD.
>>>
>>> When I connect my iPhone I see:
>>>
>>> Jun  1 09:55:00 ed kernel: uhid0: <Apple Inc. iPhone, class 0/0, rev 
>>> 2.00/0.01, addr 2> on uhub3
>>>
>>> in messages and that is it.  No new device or anything that I can 
>>> find.
>>>
>>> Any programs or suggestions that you have to facilitate using the 
>>> iPhone will be greatly appreciated. I've been trying to use gtkpod 
>>> without success because I can't mount it, I assume.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> ed
>>>
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