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regarding gnu-fdisk: problems when creating small FAT partitions
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Package: gnu-fdisk
Version: 1.0-3
Severity: normal
Hello,
I guess the output below speaks for itself, where /dev/sdb is a SanDisk
8GB microSDHC card:
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root@gismo:/home/luca# fdisk /dev/sdb
GNU Fdisk 1.0
[...]
Using /dev/sdb
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdb: 8 GB, 8167703040 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 993 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
Command (m for help): n
Partition type
e extended
p primary partition (1-4)
p
File system type (default ext2): fat32
Do you want to create the filesystem on the partition? yes/[no]: y
WARNING: This writes all data to disk automatically, continue? yes/[no]: y
First cylinder (default 0cyl):
Last cylinder or +size or +sizeMB or +sizeKB (default 993cyl): +8M
Warning: You requested a partition from 0cyl to 0cyl.
The closest location we can manage is 0cyl to 0cyl. Is this still acceptable to
you?
y Yes
n No
y
Warning: The size of the partition is too small for fat32 filesystem
i Ignore
c Cancel
i
Error: The partition is too small to create fat32 filesystem on it.
Command (m for help): p
Disk /dev/sdb: 8 GB, 8167703040 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 993 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 1 1 8001 c FAT32 LBA
Command (m for help): w
Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary.
Writing all changes to /dev/sdb.
root@gismo:/home/luca#
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The same happens if I choose fat16, but it doesn't happen with fdisk
From util-linux.
Thx, bye,
Gismo / Luca
-- System Information:
Debian Release: lenny/sid
APT prefers unstable
APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores)
Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Versions of packages gnu-fdisk depends on:
ii libc6 2.7-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries
ii libncurses5 5.6+20080713-1 shared libraries for terminal hand
ii libparted1.8-9 1.8.8.git.2008.03.24-8 The GNU Parted disk partitioning s
ii libuuid1 1.41.0-3 universally unique id library
gnu-fdisk recommends no packages.
gnu-fdisk suggests no packages.
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--- Begin Message ---
Version: 1.3.0a-2+rm
Dear submitter,
as the package gnu-fdisk has just been removed from the Debian archive
unstable we hereby close the associated bug reports. We are sorry
that we couldn't deal with your issue properly.
For details on the removal, please see https://bugs.debian.org/870970
The version of this package that was in Debian prior to this removal
can still be found using http://snapshot.debian.org/.
This message was generated automatically; if you believe that there is
a problem with it please contact the archive administrators by mailing
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Debian distribution maintenance software
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Scott Kitterman (the ftpmaster behind the curtain)
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