Mount USB thumb drive - Invalid argument

mrmike19597 · May 9, 2014

I typed in mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0 /mnt and got the error:

Code:

mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0: Invalid argument

I am using FreeBSD 7.3, trying to save files and upgrade to FreeBSD 10.

Please let me know what I am doing wrong, thank you.

trh411 · May 9, 2014

mrmike19597 said:
I typed in mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0 /mnt and got the error:

Code:

mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0: Invalid argument

I am using FreeBSD 7.3, trying to save files and upgrade to FreeBSD 10.

Try mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt

mrmike19597 · May 9, 2014

trh411 said:
mrmike19597 said:

I typed in mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0 /mnt and got the error:

Code:

mount_msdosfs: /dev/da0: Invalid argument

I am using FreeBSD 7.3, trying to save files and upgrade to FreeBSD 10.

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Try mount -t msdosfs /dev/da0s1 /mnt

When I try that one it says:

Code:

No such file or directory

mrmike19597 · May 9, 2014

I think I just got it using da0s4.

mrmike19597 · May 9, 2014

I tried umount /mnt but it says Device is busy. Why?

trh411 · May 9, 2014

mrmike19597 said:
I tried umount /mnt but it says Device is busy...... why?

Because you are in the /mnt directory. Do a cd /root, then retry the umount command.

mrmike19597 · May 9, 2014

Thanks so much! I got a file saved testing it.

mrmike19597 · May 9, 2014

trh411 said:
mrmike19597 said:

I tried umount /mnt but it says Device is busy...... why?

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Because you are in the /mnt directory. Do a cd /root, then retry the umount command.

Can you tell me how to copy a directory? I used cp foldername /mnt/foldername but it says directory not copied.

trh411 · May 9, 2014

mrmike19597 said:
Can you tell me how to copy a directory? I used cp foldername /mnt/foldername but it says directory not copied.

cp -R foldername /mnt/foldername

With the -R option cp(1) copies the directory and the entire subtree.

mrmike19597 · May 9, 2014

trh411 said:
mrmike19597 said:

Can you tell me how to copy a directory? I used cp foldername /mnt/foldername but it says directory not copied.

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cp -R foldername /mnt/foldername

With the -R option cp(1) copies the directory and the entire subtree.

Thank you, got files saved and FreeBSD 10 on, internet works now too.

trh411 · May 9, 2014

mrmike19597 said:
trh411 said:

mrmike19597 said:

Can you tell me how to copy a directory? I used cp foldername /mnt/foldername but it says directory not copied.

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cp -R foldername /mnt/foldername

With the -R option cp(1) copies the directory and the entire subtree.

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Thank you, got files saved and FreeBSD 10 on, internet works now too.

That is welcome news indeed. Happy to hear you are back up and running ... and with Internet access too.