Package: dosfstools Version: 3.0.6-1 Severity: important *** Please type your report below this line ***
-- System Information: Debian Release: squeeze/sid and lenny Architecture: i386 (i686) and amd64 Kernel: Linux 2.6.30-2-686 (SMP w/1 CPU core) Locale: LANG=en_CA.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_CA.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages dosfstools depends on: ii libc6 2.9-25 GNU C Library: Shared libraries dosfstools recommends no packages. dosfstools suggests no packages. -- no debconf information --------------------------------------------------------- Trying to format a 2.5 inch 160GB HD in an external enclosure and a 64MB memory stick in an external card reader, both connected via USB. This on a the i686/ squeeze platform. Someone has reported the same problem on amd64/lenny with a 2GB SD card http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2009/11/msg00478.html "mkdosfs -c -v -n <label> <device>" hangs while checking for bad blocks. The memory stick eventually completed but the 160GB HD hasn't. "mke2fs -c -j -L <label> <device>" completes without a hitch. Dividing the HD into two partitions of equal size and running mkdosfs on each of them completes OK. Removing the -c option allows the process to complete OK. The same thing happens booting a live grml cd. ps reports that the process is in uninterruptible sleep. man ps says that the cause is liking waiting for IO. Unplugging and replugging the drive starts the process running again, though it ends by reporting an astromical number of bad blocks. thanks, will -- whollyg...@letterboxes.org -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
