Hello again,

On Sat, 7 Feb 2004, Laurent Mugnier wrote:

> Funny thing, I could change the [t]ype from FAT16 (code 6) to FAT32 ...
> But as soon as I plug it into W98, not only are the files erased but the 
> disk is reformatted to FAT16. And the W98 FAT32 converter utility says 
> it's not possible to change the partition to FAT32 (disk too small)...
> Does that give you any clue?

Sort of.  The plot thickens...

> Does "vfat" include both FAT16 and FAT32?

http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Filesystems-HOWTO-3.html

> > Why not try formatting the drive with more that one partition?
> 
> I just did. fdisk does it:
> but then I cannot mount /dev/sda1 or /dev/sda2:
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# mount -t vfat -o umask=0 /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera/
> mount : type fs incorrect

That should be -t msdos

> (in English: incorrect fs type...

Bien sur.  J'habite une petite ville dans la banlieue de Perpignan,
Languedoc-Roussillon.

:)

73,
Ged.






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