Package: dosfstools Version: 2.10-1 Severity: normal Attempting to run (as root!) 'mkfs -t vfat -F 32 /dev/ubb1' results in
mkfs.vfat 2.10 (22 Sep 2003) mkfs.vfat: unable to get drive geometry for '/dev/ubb1' Note that fdisk reports the following for this device (its a USB drive): [EMAIL PROTECTED]:~# fdisk -l /dev/ubb Disk /dev/ubb: 122.9 GB, 122941341696 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 14946 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/ubb1 * 1 14946 120053713+ b W95 FAT32 -- System Information: Debian Release: 3.1 APT prefers testing APT policy: (600, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (400, 'experimental') Architecture: i386 (i686) Kernel: Linux 2.6.10-lac0 Locale: LANG=en_US, LC_CTYPE=en_US (charmap=ISO-8859-1) Versions of packages dosfstools depends on: ii libc6 2.3.2.ds1-20 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]