Re: VFAT: Very stupid question

2004-11-01 Thread Larry Doolittle
Hi - Using debian x86_64 2.6.8-9-amd64-k8, I think I see the same problem that greg reported in http://lists.debian.org/debian-amd64/2004/10/msg00315.html It gets stranger, though: 1. The same memory stick reads and writes fine on my x86 sarge laptop. 2. When I check to see if VFAT wor

Re: VFAT: Very stupid question

2004-10-21 Thread Erik Mouw
On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 09:18:17AM +0200, greg wrote: > I try to mount a VFAT USB key on my Debian/pure64 distro without any > success: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/greg\> mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /media/usb/ > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, >or too many mount

Re: VFAT: Very stupid question

2004-10-21 Thread Ross D
Ubuntu (amd64) automatically detects and mounts a USB stick, and even puts it on the desktop for you. This feature highly impressed me, good evidence for linux being as easy, or easier, than windows. Ross On Thu, 21 Oct 2004 11:25:27 +0200, Harald Dunkel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN

Re: VFAT: Very stupid question

2004-10-21 Thread Harald Dunkel
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 |> |>To verify the FAT filesystem on your machine you could |>create a filesystem in an image file, e.g.: |> [SNIP] | | | I just tried this test method, and the same error message appears. Damn. I there a debug level I | could switch somewhere ? | You

Re: VFAT: Very stupid question

2004-10-21 Thread greg
-- Original Message --- From: "Harald Dunkel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: debian-amd64 Sent: Thu, 21 Oct 2004 09:58:39 +0200 Subject: Re: VFAT: Very stupid question > Hi Greg, Hi, > > greg wrote: > > > >

Re: VFAT: Very stupid question

2004-10-21 Thread greg
On Thu, Oct 21, 2004 at 02:58:19AM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote: > On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 09:18 +0200, greg wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I try to mount a VFAT USB key on my Debian/pure64 distro without any > > success: > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/greg\> mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /media/usb/ > > mount: wr

Re: VFAT: Very stupid question

2004-10-21 Thread Harald Dunkel
Hi Greg, greg wrote: Hi, I try to mount a VFAT USB key on my Debian/pure64 distro without any success: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/greg\> mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /media/usb/ mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, or too many mounted file systems I can mount the key on a i

Re: VFAT: Very stupid question

2004-10-21 Thread Ron Johnson
On Thu, 2004-10-21 at 09:18 +0200, greg wrote: > Hi, > > I try to mount a VFAT USB key on my Debian/pure64 distro without any success: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/greg\> mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /media/usb/ > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, ^ Ar

VFAT: Very stupid question

2004-10-21 Thread greg
Hi, I try to mount a VFAT USB key on my Debian/pure64 distro without any success: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/greg\> mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /media/usb/ mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, or too many mounted file systems I can mount the key on a ix86 32 bit system.