[OpenIndiana-discuss] Fwd: mounting a usb disk

[Stephan Althaus]

On 9/11/22 12:34, Marc Lobelle wrote:
> oups, this is more appropriate for openindiana than for developer
>
> Sorry for disturbing the developer list
>
> Marc
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> -------- Message transféré --------
> Sujet :     mounting a usb disk
> Date :     Sun, 11 Sep 2022 12:23:25 +0200
> De :     Marc Lobelle <marc.lobelle at uclouvain.be>
> Pour :     developer at lists.illumos.org
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>
> Hello,
>
> On most openindiana systems I used, as soon as I inserted a usb key, 
> it was automatically monted and displayed on the desktop.
>
> Apparently it is not any more the case, and I cannot even mount it 
> using mount or rmmount (maybe I do not do it the right way).
>
> If I try rmformat, I see the usb device:
>
> 1. Logical Node /dev/rdsk/c5t0d0p0
>
>     Physical Node ...
>
>    Connected Device: USB DISK 2.0 PMAP
>
>    Device type Removable
>
>   Bus USB
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>    Size 7,7 GB
>
>    Label <unknown>
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>    Access permission  media not write protected
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>
> What should I do to mount this usb key ?
>
> Thanks
>
> Marc
>
>
Hi!

You may want to try this hint from David Stes:

# svcadm restart system/hal
# svcadm enable rmvolmgr

..but this issue  should be solved since March..

Maybe your USB stick is formatted differently now? FAT32 or EXFAT or 
NTFS or whatever?

Regards,

Stephan