[eug-lug]superformat /dev/fd0
Greetings all, Formatting a floppy should be an easy task, right? Not for us newbies it seems! Checked the floppy with Konsole to make sure there's nothing on it I want to keep (there's not) Installed fdutils.tried to superformat /dev/fd0 (found this on a webpage) Got the message the device is busy. Tried to find fdutils help but no luck. ( At the prompt in the terminal do you type fdutils help or fdutils ? or fdutils /help or what?) How do I unbusy the drive so's I can format the floppy? Thanks, Nyal Where I am now you once were..where you are now I will someday be... ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]superformat /dev/fd0
Nyal, the issue is you want to unmount it before formatting it. Since you used konsole to check it, supermount had mounted it, and it was in use. You want to unmount your drive, and first it has to not be in use to unmount it. So.. cd to another location, and make sure nothing is using it (such as konqueoror.) then you can unmount it umount /dev/fd0 then you can format it mke2fs /dev/fd0 (the above line assumes you want to make a ext 2 filesystem on it... ) Jamie On Sunday 04 January 2004 06:02 am, nyal wrote: : Greetings all, : : Formatting a floppy should be an easy task, right? Not for us newbies it : seems! : : Checked the floppy with Konsole to make sure there's nothing on it I want : to keep (there's not) : : Installed fdutils.tried to superformat /dev/fd0 (found this on a : webpage) : : Got the message the device is busy. Tried to find fdutils help but no : luck. ( At the prompt in the terminal do you type fdutils help or fdutils ? : or fdutils /help or what?) : : How do I unbusy the drive so's I can format the floppy? : : Thanks, Nyal : : Where I am now you once were..where you are now I will someday : be... : ___ : EuG-LUG mailing list : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug -- ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø The Famous Joke of the Day One Liner! Why is it that when someone tells you that there are over a billion stars in the universe, you believe them, but if they tell you there is wet paint somewhere, you have to touch it to make sure? ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]superformat /dev/fd0
You have to unmount it first. Formatting a disk volume while something else is using it is a Bad Thing (tm) umount /dev/fd0 You may need to kill/suspend any automount daemon if you have one running. On Sunday, January 4, 2004, at 03:02 AM, nyal wrote: Greetings all, Formatting a floppy should be an easy task, right? Not for us newbies it seems! Checked the floppy with Konsole to make sure there's nothing on it I want to keep (there's not) Installed fdutils.tried to superformat /dev/fd0 (found this on a webpage) Got the message the device is busy. Tried to find fdutils help but no luck. ( At the prompt in the terminal do you type fdutils help or fdutils ? or fdutils /help or what?) How do I unbusy the drive so's I can format the floppy? Thanks, Nyal Where I am now you once were..where you are now I will someday be... ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug -- You are the eventuality of an anomaly , which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. -The Architect Microsoft has resolved this issue. We have put processes in place to ensure there is no recurrence of this eventuality. -Microsoft ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]superformat /dev/fd0
On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 09:45:45AM -0500, Jamie wrote: Nyal, the issue is you want to unmount it before formatting it. Since you used konsole to check it, supermount had mounted it, and it was in use. You want to unmount your drive, and first it has to not be in use to unmount it. So.. cd to another location, and make sure nothing is using it (such as konqueoror.) Right. Rarely do you need to actually do a full format of the device. The best tool for formatting it for dos is mformat, which takes parameters very similar to the dos format command. (I don't remember what they are..) Also, you might want to check the mke2fs manpage--some of the options to mke2fs which are more advanced are probably wise when formatting a flopy because they will reduce the space taken up as overhead. (more overhead is usually used with ext2 than FAT16, which has more than FAT12.) Once again, I have no memory offhand of what parameters you might want to use exactly--I'm just suggesting that you look if you're interested. ;) ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]PDA not working
are you trying to mount a drive/mass storage device over USB? things to try: mount -a will show mounted volumes ls -l /dev/sda* will tell you if you are actually attempting to mount the correct device. On Sunday, January 4, 2004, at 09:37 AM, Dirk Ouellette wrote: Are these logs telling me that although my pda is connecting, as it tells me that it is, it's still not delivering info to or from the device? Thanks, Dirk Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: sda: Unit Not Ready, sense: Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: Info fld=0xa00 (nonstd), Current 00:00: sense key Not Ready Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed. Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: Info fld=0xa00 (nonstd), Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: unable to read partition table Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive. Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive. Jan 4 09:31:17 localhost devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted Jan 4 09:31:18 localhost devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: sda: Unit Not Ready, sense: Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: Info fld=0xa00 (nonstd), Current 00:00: sense key Not Ready Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed. Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: sda : status = 1, message = 00, host = 0, driver = 08 Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: Info fld=0xa00 (nonstd), Current sd00:00: sense key Not Ready Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 bytes, disk size 1GB. Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: sda: test WP failed, assume Write Enabled Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: unable to read partition table Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is a disc in the drive. ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug -- You are the eventuality of an anomaly , which despite my sincerest efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a harmony of mathematical precision. -The Architect Microsoft has resolved this issue. We have put processes in place to ensure there is no recurrence of this eventuality. -Microsoft ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]superformat /dev/fd0
Being that you're using KDE you should just look under your menus for floppy formatter or something of that sort. That should work even with the supermount option. --- T. Joseph Carter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Jan 04, 2004 at 09:45:45AM -0500, Jamie wrote: Nyal, the issue is you want to unmount it before formatting it. Since you used konsole to check it, supermount had mounted it, and it was in use. You want to unmount your drive, and first it has to not be in use to unmount it. So.. cd to another location, and make sure nothing is using it (such as konqueoror.) __ Do you Yahoo!? Protect your identity with Yahoo! Mail AddressGuard http://antispam.yahoo.com/whatsnewfree ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
Re: [eug-lug]PDA not working
On Sunday 04 January 2004 12:43 pm, Larry Price wrote: : are you trying to mount a drive/mass storage device over USB? Firstly, mount requies root, so login as root before you do any mounting... : : things to try: : : mount -a mount -a mounts everything listed in the /etc/fstab, simply typing mount enter will display mounted filesystems. : : will show mounted volumes : : ls -l /dev/sda* : : will tell you if you are actually attempting to mount the correct : device. There are also /dev/sr* for scisi devices, my cdrw uses /dev/sr0 You might also check the output of dmesg for clues. Jamie : : On Sunday, January 4, 2004, at 09:37 AM, Dirk Ouellette wrote: : Are these logs telling me that although my pda is connecting, as it : tells me that it is, it's still not delivering info to or from the : device? : Thanks, Dirk : : Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: sda: Unit Not Ready, sense: : Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: Info fld=0xa00 (nonstd), Current : 00:00: sense key Not Ready : Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed. : Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: sda : status = 1, message = 00, host : = : 0, driver = 08 : Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: Info fld=0xa00 (nonstd), Current : sd00:00: sense key Not Ready : Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 : bytes, disk size 1GB. : Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: sda: test WP failed, assume Write : Enabled : Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 : Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 : Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: unable to read partition table : Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is : a disc in the drive. : Jan 4 09:31:14 localhost kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is : a disc in the drive. : Jan 4 09:31:17 localhost devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted : Jan 4 09:31:18 localhost devlabel: devlabel service started/restarted : Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: sda: Unit Not Ready, sense: : Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: Info fld=0xa00 (nonstd), Current : 00:00: sense key Not Ready : Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: sda : READ CAPACITY failed. : Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: sda : status = 1, message = 00, host : = : 0, driver = 08 : Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: Info fld=0xa00 (nonstd), Current : sd00:00: sense key Not Ready : Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: sda : block size assumed to be 512 : bytes, disk size 1GB. : Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: sda: test WP failed, assume Write : Enabled : Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: sda: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 : Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 : Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: unable to read partition table : Jan 4 09:31:19 localhost kernel: Device not ready. Make sure there is : a disc in the drive. : : ___ : EuG-LUG mailing list : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug : : -- : You are the eventuality of an anomaly , which despite my sincerest : efforts I have been unable to eliminate from what is otherwise a : harmony : of mathematical precision. -The Architect : Microsoft has resolved this issue. We have put processes in place to : ensure there is no recurrence of this eventuality. -Microsoft : : ___ : EuG-LUG mailing list : [EMAIL PROTECTED] : http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug -- ¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø¤º°`°º¤ø,¸¸,ø¤º°`°º¤ø The Famous Joke of the Day One Liner! The man who sets out to carry a cat by its tail learns something that will always be useful and which never will grow dim or doubtful. - Mark Twain (1835-1910) ___ EuG-LUG mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://mailman.efn.org/cgi-bin/listinfo/eug-lug
[eug-lug]Re: EuG-LUG Digest, Vol 10, Issue 4
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