Bug#286219: mkfs.vfat doesn't work on dm-crypt devices

Hi there, mkdosfs seems to be broken with kernel 2.6. I ran into the problem while I was trying to create a fat filesystem on a DVD-RAM medium. As you found out the ioctl for HDIO_GETGEO is broken. So I wrote a hotfix that just sets heads to 255 and sectors/track to 63. At most harddisks seem

Bug#286219: mkfs.vfat doesn't work on dm-crypt devices

severity 286219 important thanks Hi Bas, I'm upgrading the severity of this bug, as this should be fixed for sarge. I'm re-downgrading this bug, as I don't see anything release-critical about being unable to support legacy filesystems on Linux-specific devices (such as LVM or dm-crypt). If

Bug#286219: mkfs.vfat doesn't work on dm-crypt devices

Am 2005-02-14 10:04:31, schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Hi! Whiche then works OK (except that mkdosfs can not create larger than 2GB files, see bug #295181). It can... see option -F 32 Regards, David Balazic Greetings Michelle -- Linux-User #280138 with the Linux Counter,

Bug#286219: mkfs.vfat doesn't work on dm-crypt devices

Hi! I have a similar problem with DVD+RW media: # mkdosfs /dev/hda mkdosfs 2.10 (22 Sep 2003) mkfs.vfat: unable to get drive geometry for '/dev/hda' As a workaround I create a regular file and copy that to the DVD+RW # mkdosfs -C imagefile 450 # dd if=imagefile of=/dev/hda Whiche then