On Sat, 16 Jul 2005, Takis Diakoumis wrote: > i tried that. no luck. > input/output was as follows: > > debian:~# mkfs -t ext2 /dev/sda > mke2fs 1.37 (21-Mar-2005) > /dev/sda is entire device, not just one partition! > Proceed anyway? (y,n) y > Filesystem label= > OS type: Linux > Block size=1024 (log=0) > Fragment size=1024 (log=0) > 184 inodes, 1440 blocks > 72 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user > First data block=1 > 1 block group > 8192 blocks per group, 8192 fragments per group > 184 inodes per group > > Writing inode tables: 0/1 > Could not write 8 blocks in inode table starting at 13: Attempt to write > block from filesystem resulted in short write
I'm stumped as well. If you want to go to the trouble, you could rebuild the usb-storage driver after turning on USB Mass Storage debugging in the kernel configuration (CONFIG_USB_STORAGE_DEBUG). The dmesg log then might contain useful information about what's going wrong. Alan Stern ------------------------------------------------------- SF.Net email is sponsored by: Discover Easy Linux Migration Strategies from IBM. Find simple to follow Roadmaps, straightforward articles, informative Webcasts and more! Get everything you need to get up to speed, fast. http://ads.osdn.com/?ad_id=7477&alloc_id=16492&op=click _______________________________________________ [email protected] To unsubscribe, use the last form field at: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-usb-users
