Since the original trial, the system was upgraded from Squeeze to Wheezy.
From: Klaus <klaus.doering...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:54:46 +0100 > Increase block count a little, and hey presto: > $ sudo mkdosfs -v -C FatFile2 1024 > mkdosfs 3.0.16 (01 Mar 2013) > FatFile2 has 64 heads and 32 sectors per track, > logical sector size is 512, ... In Wheezy I fare no better than in Squeeze. root@dalton:~# mount | grep sdb /dev/sdb1 on /media/usb0 type vfat (rw,nodev,noexec,noatime,nodiratime,sync,fmas k=0022,dmask=0022,codepage=cp437,iocharset=utf8,shortname=mixed,errors=remount-r o) root@dalton:~# ls -ld /media/usb0 drwxr-xr-x 3 root root 16384 Jun 4 18:12 /media/usb0 root@dalton:~# mkdosfs -v -C /media/usb0/FatFile 1024 mkdosfs 3.0.13 (30 Jun 2012) mkdosfs: unable to create /media/usb0/FatFile From: Klaus <klaus.doering...@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 04 Jun 2013 08:48:22 +0100 > ... didn't understand why you used the -"C" option in this case > instead of just giving the device name ? The intention is to make an empty file occupying the whole partition. Then another filesystem can be mounted on that empty file; or "another filesystem can occupy that file" might be better terminology. The -C option is explained briefly by man mkdosfs. Loop device is explained in Wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loop_device Regards, ... 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/171058052.76686.20962@cantor.invalid
