Quoting Pete Hicks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 04:38:55PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: > > > On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 08:52:59AM -0700, Pete Hicks wrote: > > > > > However, when I try and mount the drive, I can an error > > > saying wrong fstype: > > > > > > % sudo mount -t vfat /dev/uba /mnt/extdrive > > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on > > > /dev/uba, missing codepage or other error (could this be > > > the IDE device where you in fact use ide-scsi so that sr0 > > > or sda or so is needed?) In some cases useful info is > > > found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so > > > > Did you try either of the things mount suggested (mounting > > /dev/sda or looking at dmesg)? > > I did. The message that dmesg produces is that there is no > filesystem (at work ATM, so I don't have my laptop, and don't > remember the message verbatim). Since I am using UDEV, I > created /dev/sda1 with mknod, and that did not work. I suspect > this is because ide-scsi used to handle scsi emulation, and > that is not really what I am looking to achive. > > I was thinking about trying to reformat the drive using parted > or windows (gasp), but winxp does not format fat32, and parted > was giving me a dire warning, so I held off there. I might go > ahead and risk it if I run out of options.
Just a few thoughts: Did you try "mount /dev/uba1"? What does "ls /dev/uba*" say? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
