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. ------------------------------------------------------- The SF.Net email is sponsored by EclipseCon 2004 Premiere Conference on Open Tools Development and Integration See the breadth of Eclipse activity. February 3-5 in Anaheim, CA. http://www.eclipsecon.org/osdn _______________________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
