Unable to mount USB stick

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Hi everyone. I've just installed the latest version of PC-BSD after lurking on these forums for the last year or so. Everything went well and in general the system seems to be working fine. The only problem I've encountered so far is that I'm unable to mount my usb stick.

I've tried inserting three different usb sticks and always get the same error message from dmesg | tail:

uhub1: device problem (SHORT_XFER), disabling port 4

All these sticks mount without a problem in Linux and Windows so I'm fairly sure they're not the problem. I don't know if it helps, but here's the spec of my system:

AMD 64 3800+ (single core), 3GB RAM, Nvidia 6600GT, 3xSATA hard drives, USB WACOM tablet (system seems to recognise this), PS2 mouse and keyboard, MSI K8 Neo4 Platinum motherboard (with latest bios).

Any suggestions?

[Gerard]

If it's a large memory stick, try:

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

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If it's a large memory stick, try:

Code:

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

OK, but given the error message I'm not sure a device node has even been created. How can I check this (there's no clue in dmesg)? Also, it's a 4GB fat32 partition on the stick, so I would presume I need to use vfat rather than msdosfs?

Thanks for the help so far.

[DragnLord]

OK, but given the error message I'm not sure a device node has even been created. How can I check this (there's no clue in dmesg)?

"ls /dev" will list all device nodes

Also, it's a 4GB fat32 partition on the stick, so I would presume I need to use vfat rather than msdosfs?

BSD is very efficient, "msdosfs" covers FAT32 filesystems.

[Gerard]

Originally Posted by Gerard

If it's a large memory stick, try: Code: mount -t msdosfs -o large /dev/YOURDISK /mnt

OK, but given the error message I'm not sure a device node has even been created. How can I check this (there's no clue in dmesg)? Also, it's a 4GB fat32 partition on the stick, so I would presume I need to use vfat rather than msdosfs?

Thanks for the help so far.

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

This is how I mount my external 200GB Fat32 drive

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OK. tried again and again I got this message:

uhub1: device problem (SHORT_XFER), disabling port 4

ls /dev returned:

%ls /dev
acd0       ata        dsp0.0     fwmem0     net3       ptyp4      ttyv4
acpi       atkbd0     dsp0.1     fwmem0.0   net4       random     ttyv5
ad0        audio0.0   dsp0.2     geom.ctl   net5       sndstat    ttyv6
ad0s1      audio0.1   dsp0.3     io         net6       stderr     ttyv7
ad0s2      audio0.2   dsp0.4     kbd0       network    stdin      ttyv8
ad0s5      audio0.3   dsp0.5     kbd1       nfs4       stdout     ttyv9
ad1        audio0.4   dspW0.0    kbdmux0    nfslock    sysmouse   ttyva
ad1s1      audio0.5   dspW0.1    klog       null       ttyd0      ttyvb
ad1s2      bpsm0      dspW0.2    kmem       nvidia0    ttyd0.init ttyvc
ad1s5      cd0        dspW0.3    log        nvidiactl  ttyd0.lock ttyvd
ad2        cdrom      dspW0.4    lpt0       pass0      ttyp0      ttyve
ad2s1      console    dspW0.5    lpt0.ctl   pci        ttyp1      ttyvf
ad2s1a     consolectl dspr0.1    md0        pf         ttyp2      ums0
ad2s1b     ctty       dvd        mdctl      ppi0       ttyp3      urandom
ad2s1c     cuad0      fd         mem        psm0       ttyp4      usb
ad2s2      cuad0.init fd0        mixer0     ptyp0      ttyv0      usb0
ad2s3      cuad0.lock fido       net        ptyp1      ttyv1      usb1
ad2s5      devctl     fw0        net1       ptyp2      ttyv2      xpt0
apm        devstat    fw0.0      net2       ptyp3      ttyv3      zero

This is a corsair voyager usbstick, and I can't see anything that could be it.

[DragnLord]

This may seem like an odd question, but it has to asked so as to not assume.
Have you tried all the USB ports on that computer?

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This may seem like an odd question, but it has to asked so as to not assume.
Have you tried all the USB ports on that computer?

Don't worrry, I'm an IT tech for a job so I've got used to checking the obvious first. So yes, all usb ports return the same type of error.

[wmjodea]

Try mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0 /media or mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1. Sometimes da0 is used for usb memory sticks some sticks mount as da0s1. Configure you /etc/fstab file: /dev/da0 /media msdosfs rw,noauto 0 0 then to mount just type mount /dev/da0 (or /dev/da0s1).

[Oko]

Try mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0 /media or mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1. Sometimes da0 is used for usb memory sticks some sticks mount as da0s1. Configure you /etc/fstab file: /dev/da0 /media msdosfs rw,noauto 0 0 then to mount just type mount /dev/da0 (or /dev/da0s1).

That is actually a good advice.
Go to su - mode and read dmesg.
Your USB stick should be seen by a SCSI driver da but it should be mounted as

 
mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt

Auto mounting should work too but you will have to do little bit more configuration then just fstab. You will have to edit usbd.conf file as well.