On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 6:03 PM, <cinap_len...@felloff.net> wrote: > thats strange. when you plug in the drive, the nusbrc script > started the usb disk filesystem and run that fdisk command to > register the partitions. for some reason, the partitions > step failed. but when you run it manually later it wored. >
I don't get the last two words "it worked" (I presume). After I execute your command, I still don't see it under /shr/sdU* > the drive might be sensitive to the timing? > > can you pull and replug the drive and see if there are any > error messages on the console? > I don't know what "console" is. I don't see anything at my Plan-9 Shell (RC) or on the screen in general. > > as a work arround for now, you can try doing this manually: > > diskparts /dev/sdU6.0 dossrv > mount -c /srv/dos /n/usb /dev/sdU6.0/dos cd /n/usb Worked. Thanks! > > > the dos filesystem does not do write buffering so there is > no need to flush. (see dossrv(4)) > > mounts are local to the namespace. you can remove something > from the namespace with the unmount command (see bind(1)) > or you just close the whole namespace (close the rio window). > > for documentation on formating and partitioning disks see prep(8). > > -- > cinap > >
