On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 09:24, Brian Bobowski wrote: > Eric Kjeldergaard wrote: > > >>Yes, put an entry in /etc/fstab for it. e.g.: > >> > >>/dev/da0 /flash[1] msdosfs[2] rw > >> > >> > >> > > > >Perhaps my card is just unusal, but freeBSD makes a da0s1 node which > >is the appropriate one to mount. > > > > > > > You're probably right about that, actually; it's been so long since I > had the device hooked up that I simply forgot it, like a hard drive, > would use the slice name schema even though it only appears in the > console as "daX" when it mounts. > > So check the actual contents of /dev for something relating to da0 > before trying this stunt. My mistake, sorry. > > -BB > _______________________________________________
As a follow-up, I have had good success with putting a UFS on flash drives. They then make a great backup device, and you can keep all the file permissions with either tar or cp -rp. The latter wastes some space, but makes it very easy to recover single files. newfs /dev/da0 mount /dev/da0 /flash _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
