Cannot mount USB HDD - PC-BSD Forums

cokebear · #1 10-01-2007, 02:42 PM

Hi,
I have been a PCBSD user since v1.3, and was quite happy. However, since upgrading to v1.34, I have been having problems reading and accessing my USB Hdd. I thought upgrading to v1.4 would help (along with new features that I would like to make use of), but still the same error message appears when it tries to automount or that when I try to mount myself: Unknown error. The USB drive is one from Maxtor, USB 2.0, Fat32 format, 160 Gigs (PCBSD detects corrects that it's 153 Gigs after formatting), and my computer is an Athlon 700, Asus K7V mobo (supports only USB 1.1). Can anyone help???

Gerard · #2 10-01-2007, 07:18 PM

Can you try

Code:

mount -t msdosfs -o large /dev/da0s1 /mnt

If your disk isn't da0s1 replace it with the proper name

rodonn · #3 10-01-2007, 09:17 PM

I'm having a similar problem with a USB2 2.5inch HDD enclosure.

The errors returned are TIMEOUT and IOERROR

cokebear · #4 10-02-2007, 05:18 PM

Thanks! It worked, but having a hard time to unmount it. What are the parameters?
Also, any possibility to incorporate this into the automount feature so that it works seemlesly every time?

kafkaesk · #5 10-26-2007, 12:04 PM

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Also, any possibility to incorporate this into the automount feature so that it works seemlesly every time?

Yes i Think this is a VERY VERY important feature for the next release!!! :!:

cokebear · #6 10-26-2007, 01:14 PM

When I use the command:
mount -t msdosfs -o large /dev/da0s1 /media

I can mount successfully (as supposed to automounting unsuccessfully) but I can't seem to write on my USB HD. Why? Any ways I can get around that?