can't mount msdos fs on freebsd6?

[Jeff D. Hamann]

ah... that's the ticket!

thanks!

jeff. 

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tino Boss" <tino.boss.1 at student.unibe.ch>
To: <freebsd-questions at freebsd.org>
Cc: "Jeff D. Hamann" <jeff.hamann at forestinformatics.com>
Sent: Tuesday, December 13, 2005 10:49 AM
Subject: Re: can't mount msdos fs on freebsd6?


> Jeff D. Hamann wrote:
> 
>> mothra# mount -t msdos /dev/ad0s2 /data
>> mount_msdosfs: /dev/ad0s2: Invalid argument
> 
> I remember having had a similar problem and it was just a that it was an 
> extended partition and somehow it was not displayed with the correct 
> number in some utility. If that's your case you might just need another 
> device-name. I think numbering for extended partitions starts at 5 (eg. 
> ad0s5).
> 
> regards
> Tino
> 
>>
>