usb/disk knows how to handle units. Some devices provide their units to handle parts.
Regarding partitions, usb/disk does not know how to handle partitions. And it's likely it will never do. The plan is to use a different driver that knows how to handle partitions and use that driver for everything. But it's still ongoing. On Thu, Nov 26, 2009 at 2:30 PM, Ethan Grammatikidis <eeke...@fastmail.fm> wrote: >>>>> 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. > > Ah, I wondered if it might be that, but I had to check. So, no fixing > usb/disk? > > >
