mounting an MP3 player?

[Roland Smith]

On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 06:37:50AM -0700, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> On Mon, Oct 20, 2008 at 03:51:20PM +0200, Johannes-Maria Kaltenbach wrote:
> > 
> > Hello,
> > 
> > > Message: 3
> > > Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 14:57:43 +0100
> > > From: dgmm <freebsd01 at dgmm.net>
> > > Subject: Re: mounting an MP3 player?
> > >
> > [...]
> > >
> > > Have you tried just mounting da0 etc?  The may not be any slices.
> > 
> > yes, I tried all /dev/da*; in each case the result was
> > mount: /dev/da...: Device not configured
> 
> One thing people here haven't mentioned is that device quirks (meaning:
> "one-offs" in the driver code) might be required to get this device to
> work.  It's a common problem, and exists in many operating systems.

Part of the problem (revealed in a private communication) was that the
device permissions were incorrect; they were _write only_. :-/ 

Roland
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