Hi there, On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Tyler Thiessen wrote:
> I recently purchased the Sony dsc-p10 digicam. It comes with a 32MB > Memory Card, and I also picked up the 128MB Memory card. > ... > However, I quickly discovered this exact same issue with my memory > cards - the 32MB worked fine, however the 128MB would fail to mount!: > $ mount -t auto /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera/ > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, > or too many mounted file systems > > The mount attempt would log the same error message: > kernel: FAT: bogus logical sector size 65535 > kernel: VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 08:01 > > since formatting the card didn't help anything, I began to look at the card more > closely with fdisk: > ... > I attempted to "verify the partition table", and discovered an 'issue' with the > cylinder count. > ... > Expert command (m for help): v > Partitions 1: cylinder 990 greater than maximum 247 > ... > I then opted to "change number of cylinders" - to re-enforce the 990 cyl count > Expert command (m for help): c > Number of cylinders (1-1048576, default 247): 990 > ... > I then attempted to "verify the parition table" again, and the previous cylinder > count error was gone!: > ... > Now the 128MB Memory Card mounts perfectly - and it still works in the camera :P This is really useful - have you posted it to the USB development list? 73, Ged. ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.net email is sponsored by: IBM Linux Tutorials. Become an expert in LINUX or just sharpen your skills. Sign up for IBM's Free Linux Tutorials. Learn everything from the bash shell to sys admin. Click now! http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=1278&alloc_id=3371&op=click _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
