mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0: : Device not configured

[cristobal]

How do I configure my flash card reader so that I can mount flash media? I am new to BSD and used to linux os's automounting my flash cards when I insert them.

[TerryP]

da0 is the drive itself, not the file system. Assuming you want the fist primary partition:

mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /your/mount/point

should work as you desire it.


on some systems I've had t try mounting the drive (da0) before devfs would create the neccessary device node for the file systems (da0s1), but if one always uses the same port, it probably can be fixed with a tweak in the devfs configuration.



NB, /media is managed by HAL, so don't use it to hold your mount point.

[cristobal]

when I try that I get:

mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0s1: : No such file or directory

do I need to create a partition on my flash card?

[TerryP]

If you have files stored on it, the flash drive should already have a partition with a file system.

With the drive plugged in, what is the output of,

$ ls /dev | grep da

before and after running:

mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /your/mount/point

[cristobal]

before:
%ls /dev | grep da
da0
da1

mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usb

mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0s1: : No such file or directory

after:
%ls /dev | grep da
da0
da1

[TerryP]

Hmm, somewhat odd.

When you plug in the usb drive, do you get any response n the system console?


Running the command

$ dmesg -a

should display the consoles buffer but you can press control+alt+f1 to view it on the actual vtty, then plug in the drive, and it should update the screen with what it sees connected. You should be able to switch back to the desktop by pressing control+alt+f5; unless PC-BSD has changed this this back to control+alt+f9.

[cristobal]

I got this response with

dmesg -a

and after pressing ctrl alt F1
Warning: pid 6054 used static ldt allocation.
See the i386_set_ldt man page for more info

[TerryP]

A quick google turns up this, but I don't see a serious problem from it.