On Friday 18 March 2005 11:39, SnapafunFrank wrote:
> H.J.Bathoorn wrote:
> >On Friday 18 March 2005 09:47, SnapafunFrank wrote:
> >>Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote:
> >>>Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> >>>>I've just got my hands on a 160 GB external USB hard disk.
> >>>>Now, this thing comes preformatted with a FAT32 (vfat) file
> >>>> system. When I unmount the thing I can't reformat the drive
> >>>> with a decent file system like ReiserFS, JFS, ext2 or ext3
> >>>> from be it the MCC or by hand. I can't even re-partition it
> >>>> with FAT32 ?
> >>>>
> >>>>So here it goes : will this FAT32 file system become
> >>>> fragmented over time like any other Windows file system ?
> >>>>
> >>>>If yes, how to defrag it ?
> >>>>
> >>>>Or, will I have to move the FS to another drive
> >>>> back-and-forth in order to defrag ?
> >>>>
> >>>>TIA
> >>>>
> >>>>Kaj Haulrich.
> >>>
> >>>I deleted the wrong message, so this is not a direct reply to
> >>> this message, but to one later in the thread... :-(
> >>>
> >>>When you were trying to work with the drive, what device were
> >>> you giving fdisk? If you unmount the FAT partition first, you
> >>> should be able to use something like "fdisk /dev/sda" to get
> >>> at the partition table. If you can, then it is simple to
> >>> change the drive to another file system. If you are happy
> >>> with it being one large partition, then change the type (t)
> >>> to 83 (ext2/3) and save (w) the updated partition table.
> >>>Then run "mke2fs -j /dev/sda1" to create an ext3 file system.
> >>>
> >>>If you have any data on the drive you want to keep, BACK IT UP
> >>> before starting this.
> >>>
> >>>Please keep in mind that the drive may not be /dev/sda and the
> >>>partition may not be /dev/sda1 - it depends on your system,
> >>> and how the drive was partitioned.
> >>>
> >>>Mikkel
> >>
> >>Just a newbie thought : Can you do as root :
> >>
> >># cat /etc/fstab | grep sd
> >>
> >>And post it back here............. Be sure the device is
> >> plugged in first.
> >>
> >>TIA
> >
> >Even easier: "cat /dev/sd" on the CML and hit <TAB>...that way
> > you'll see what's there.
> >When inserting/plugging the device the specific /dev/sd* file
> > gets made and ....also gets removed when unplugging.
> >
> >Repeat after me:
> ><TAB> is my best on the command line..........!;)
>
> ONLY I SPECIFICALLY WANTED TO VIEW THE FSTAB ENTRY TO CHECK ITS
> OPTIONS!
Here it is (on one line) :
/dev/sda1 /mnt/removable auto
umask=0022,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,kudzu,codepage=850,noauto,exec,users
0 0
Of course I know about the umask=0022 being stupid, but hitherto I
haven't found a way to let it stay =0.
Each time my daughter uses the drive, I have to unmount it, edit
fstab to umask=0 and remount. Then she can use it. Been nagging
me for months with the other "removables" like camera, mp3 players
and memory sticks. - And : whacking supermount doesn't change a
thing.
If I ever find the daemon that changes my fstab against my will,
I'll fetch my 9 mm Neuhausen...
Kaj Haulrich.
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