On Thu, 19 Aug 2004 19:13:17 +0300, you wrote:

Hello Lucho and other Kernel people,

>What is the partition type - FAT32 LBA (a.k.a. FAT32X), or FAT32 CHS 
>(a.k.a. FAT32)? My successful tests were with FAT32 LBA partitions. I 
>didn't try FAT32 CHS. I used MS-DOS FDISK, if this matters

BIOS setting is CHS (translation), FDISK shows FAT32 (not FAT32 L).

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C:\>format d: /u /d

[DEBUG]  This is FORMAT 0.91r, selected drive -> D:

 WARNING: ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK
 DRIVE D: WILL BE LOST! PLEASE CONFIRM!
 Proceed with format (YES/NO)? YES
[DEBUG]  GDP: Looks like FAT32.
 Disk size: 3093 Mbytes, FAT32. ***
[DEBUG]  Enabled disk access flags.
Please enter volume label (max. 11 chars):
 Full Formatting (wiping all data)
 Zapping / checking 6346305 sectors
To skip the rest of the surface scan after the first 34 MB
AT OWN RISK, press ESC (only checked at 'percent boundaries').
**** bad sector(s): 1 (code 0x20c) on WRITE *
**** bad sector(s): 1 (code 0x20c) on READ *
One of the first 5 sectors is broken. FORMAT not possible.

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Also after format with M$-DOS, another FreeDOS format without
re-partition was successful!

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C:\>format d: /u /d

[DEBUG]  This is FORMAT 0.91r, selected drive -> D:

 WARNING: ALL DATA ON NON-REMOVABLE DISK
 DRIVE D: WILL BE LOST! PLEASE CONFIRM!
 Proceed with format (YES/NO)? YES
[DEBUG]  GDP: Looks like FAT32.
 Disk size: 3093 Mbytes, FAT32. ***
[DEBUG]  Enabled disk access flags.
Please enter volume label (max. 11 chars): 3-GB
 Full Formatting (wiping all data)
 Zapping / checking 6346305 sectors
To skip the rest of the surface scan after the first 34 MB
AT OWN RISK, press ESC (only checked at 'percent boundaries').
  0%   1%   2%   3%

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That's all I got.


Rgds,
Johnson.



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