Johannes Liedtke wrote:
On Monday 09 February 2004 15:22, Laurent Mugnier wrote:
So here is what worked (and what did not, FYI) after quite a bit of fumbling:
- I deleted all partitions (/dev/sda1 and 2 that I had just made) with fdisk
- I made one FAT16 (code 6) partition /dev/sda1 with fdisk
- I formatted /dev/sda1 *from* *Linux* with mkfs -t vfat /dev/sda1
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Then I can use both Linux and W98 without any file being erased,
Hmm... have you tried filling up the stick? Is it still working?
When I filled it up to about 4/5th of it's capacity, it started losing the files again.
Johannes
you are right )-: and if I fill the USB to more than about 4/5th under Linux, reboot under W98 and plug the key, W98 tells me that the key is not *formatted*! And it has erased the key already. So of course the files are lost.
After this experience and as mentioned by Matt, I believe this is due to the firmware... And the firmware I have is v2.000 from jan. 2004, which is the latest )-;
The "limited warranty" leaflet I have is screwed up and many pages are missing, including the one w/ the support phone number for France.
Would anyone have it?
Or the Packard Bell support email address?
All I could find on the net was a users' forum, which is probably not very much Linux-oriented...
Best regards, --
Laurent.
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