> >> Usb disks don't know how to handle partitions. > >> You have to use partfs IIRC or some other tool to > >> partition it. > > Erm, every USB thumb drive, SD card, or CF card I've used has had a > partition table. Memories of mounting the things under Windows are > too distant to be useful, but OS X not only expects a partition > table, I don't think it can 'prepare' a USB disk without one. Linux > automounters expect a partition table too, whether the kernel-based > automounter or whatever Gnome uses. > > Am I off target by a country mile here?
usb/disk was intended, not "Usb disks". the filesystem usb/disk presents does not do partitions. of course the disk drive itself doesn't know or care it's been partitioned. - erik
