Getting USB Drive to work

[snydergc]

Do I have to mount the USB drive or will it mount automatically? When I put it in it comes up with the following last line:

GEOM_LABEL: Label for Provider da0s1 is msdosfs/USB DISK

I'm using version 6.2.
I tried reading the directory and copying files from it to no avail.

 

[phoenix]

If you are at a console (no X, no GUI env), then it will not automount. You will need to mount it manually. The GEOM_LABEL output is telling you that there is a /dev/msdosfs/USB DISK device created for it.

If you are in a GUI env (GNOME, KDE, Xfce, etc), then it may automount, depending on the configuration. If it does automount, it will most likely appear as /media/msdosfs/USB DISK.

 

[sk8harddiefast]

I tried reading the directory and copying files from it to no avail.

For manual mount try this:

cd /usr/ports/sysutils/ntfsprogs
sudo make install clean
cd /usr/ports/sysutils/fusefs-ntfs
sudo make install clean
cd /mnt
sudo mkdir usb
sudo mount_msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt/usb

sudo command is not on the base system.