external hard drive

[Lloyd Hayes]

I just tried putting vfat in the fstab for file type having just the 
Buslink drive connected, not the small drive enclosure. Using mount -a, 
I got  "Inappropriate  file type or  format"
I'm logged in as root.
 
I am beginning to suspect that I installed too much software during this 
Install. It is being picked up, but I don't know how it's being 
interpreted. I'm beginning to think that FBSD thinks it's a clock. 
(Tic-Toc.)

Anyway, I just realized that I installed more software this time, then 
at any previous time. I posted my dmesg, fstab, and rc.conf files 
earlier. I think that I may have over done it and created a conflict 
somewhere. I think that I'll give this a rest, then simply wipe the disk 
and re-install everything when I get time again.

As far as external drives goes, the Buslink 40 GB hard drive seems to be 
extremely good. It stands up to being turned on 24 hours per day and 7 
days per week while bouncing around in my truck on a wood shelf. (It's 
about 3 or 4 years old. Possibly older.) Usually, all of the systems can 
find this drive.

But drive closures for old hard drives, this one that I have from 
CompUSA seems to do a good job. It comes with a leather case to fasten 
to my belt, if I wanted it there. I mentioned the problems with Win 
98SE. (Conflict between USB CD ROM and this drive.) None of the Linux 
distros that I've tried could see it. (Slackware, Debian, Red Hat 9, 
Fedora 2, SUSE Live CD, Knoppix.) The only UNIX system that could use it 
was FreeBSD, and that was when I had FreeBSD installed last Spring. This 
drive has one of those special USB connection cables which are used on 
some cameras and small devices. USB on computer end and a very small 
plug on the hard drive end. The cable wears out every every once in a 
while. If you get on, get an extra cable.
(Note: Right now, the cable seems to work OK when I hook it into my 
Toshiba laptop, which runs Win XP. So, I don't think that I have a 
problem with the cable.)

This will go out the next time that I hook into the Internet. Messages 
will probably cross...



Lloyd Hayes

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dave wrote:

>Hi,
>Thanks for confirmation that that drive should work for me. I am considering
>also getting a comp usa enclossure and i like the idea that anything will
>pick it up.
>    Anyway, for your mount line try vfat as the fs type and check with
>dmesg -a to see if that drive showed up on boot. If it's usb make sure usbd
>is enabled in rc.conf.
>HTH
>Dave.
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