Prev: How to remount a USB drive
Next: Matias Tactile Pro 3.0 now shipping
From: Sven on 21 Jan 2010 14:32
I tired to mount a USB drive (stick) in single user mode and it kept
complaining about incorrect block size

cmd run: mount_msdos /dev/disk0s3 /Volumes/disk

Is it actually possible to mount FAT32 volumes in single user mode?
--
../Sven

From: Steve Firth on 22 Jan 2010 01:29
Sven <nomail(a)thisaddress.com> wrote:

> I tired to mount a USB drive (stick) in single user mode and it kept
> complaining about incorrect block size

It sounds as if autodetection of the filesystem type is failing or the
blocksize is set to something odd.

man mount

Then check the options for mounting FAT volumes. Note that you can force
fat-32 and force particular blocksizes.

Mount options for fat
(Note: fat is not a separate filesystem, but a common part of the msdos,
umsdos and vfat filesystems.)

blocksize=512 / blocksize=1024 / blocksize=2048
Set blocksize (default 512).

....

fat=12 / fat=16 / fat=32
Specify a 12, 16 or 32 bit fat. This overrides the
automatic FAT type detection routine. Use with caution!
 | 
Pages: 1
Prev: How to remount a USB drive
Next: Matias Tactile Pro 3.0 now shipping