Hi, mkdosfs fails in this case.
============= root@dalton:/media/9D7C-BB83# fdisk -l /dev/sdb Disk /dev/sdb: 257 MB, 257425408 bytes 6 heads, 26 sectors/track, 3222 cylinders Units = cylinders of 156 * 512 = 79872 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x8878a0ad Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 14 3223 250368 6 FAT16 root@dalton:/media/9D7C-BB83# mount | grep sdb /dev/sdb1 on /media/9D7C-BB83 type vfat (rw,nosuid,nodev,uhelper=udisks,uid=1000,gid=1000,shortname=mixed,dmask=0077,utf8=1,showexec,flush) root@dalton:/media/9D7C-BB83# mkdosfs -v -C /media/9D7C-BB83/FatFile 25 mkdosfs 3.0.9 (31 Jan 2010) mkdosfs: unable to create /media/9D7C-BB83/FatFile ============= In attempt understand the ouput from fdisk, 257425408/250368 = 1028 suggests that the block size is 1024 or 1028. fdisk has no mention of such number but tells "Sector size ... 512 bytes". What is the block size here? Why did mkdosfs fail? Thanks for any enlightenment or ideas, ... Peter E. -- 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 123456789 12 Tel +13606390202 Bcc: peasthope at shaw.ca http://carnot.yi.org/ "http://members.shaw.ca/peasthope/index.html#Itinerary " -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/171058051.61829.48212@cantor.invalid