Cannot mount file-backed msdosfs filesystem

[Jeremie Le Hen]

Björn,

On Mon, Jan 29, 2007 at 04:26:13PM +0100, Björn König wrote:
> Jeremie Le Hen schrieb:
> >Hi,
> >
> >(Please Cc: in your replies.)
> >
> >I used to mount an msdosfs filesystem and it has been working correctly
> >so far.  Unfortuntely I can't do it anymore today:
> >
> >% jarjarbinks:/usr/src:108# mdconfig -lu 0
> >% md0     vnode     1.8G  /mnt/msdos/FreeBSD-SSP_src.ufs
> >% jarjarbinks:/usr/src:109# mount -t msdos /dev/md0 
> >/home/tataz/src/ssp/src/
> >% mount_msdosfs: /dev/md0: Invalid argument
> >% jarjarbinks:/usr/src:110# fsck_msdosfs /dev/md0
> >% ** /dev/md0
> >% Invalid signature in boot block: 0000
> 
> I'm not sure, but the filename "FreeBSD-SSP_src.ufs" hints to an UFS 
> file system. Try
> 
>     mount /dev/md0 /home/tataz/src/ssp/src/
> 
> instead. Executing fsck_msdosfs with an UFS file system gives me the 
> same error message: Invalid signature in boot block: 0000.

It seems that I am a little tired indeed.  This is an UFS filesystem.
Sorry for the noise :-).

Regards,
-- 
Jeremie Le Hen
< jeremie at le-hen dot org >< ttz at chchile dot org >