> > that hardisk had a vfat partition before -- formatted using > mkfs.ext3 (or mkfs.ext2 and then converted -- the disk is at least three years > in its present form so i do not recall, but it was definitely one of those > two) Hmm, at least current mkfs.ext2/3 zero it. > > - and yes, looking at the first few bytes of it looks as if those vfat > bytes are still there. i can still mount it as vfat as the following > commands show. > > I have attached the firstsector file as you wanted -- I guess this is not a > bug > but a problem with my harddisk being inconsistent -- is there any > (safe and easy) cure for this? With the partition unmounted
sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sdb1 count=1 100% unsafe if you make a typo... -- mount allows ext3 filesystem to be mounted as vfat https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/109232 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is the bug contact for Ubuntu. -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
