Re: memory stick
On Tue, Jul 12, 2005 at 07:42:18PM +0200, Colin Cotter wrote:
> On 7/12/05, Steffen Waldherr <steffen.waldherr@web.de> wrote:
>
> > If this doesn't work, you might
> > want to try "fdisk /dev/sda" to see the partition
> > table of the stick and maybe repartition and/or
> > reformat it to your needs.
> >
> > Steffen
> >
>
> Thanks. My partition table says:
>
> Disk /dev/sda: 252 MB, 252182528 bytes
> 32 heads, 16 sectors/track, 962 cylinders
> Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes
>
> Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
> /dev/sda1 * 1 962 246264 e W95 FAT16 (LBA)
>
> Does this shed any light on the matter?
Hmm... perhaps, you should try plain "fat" rather than "vfat" as the
file system type?
According to the fdisk output, the stick should become visible at
/dev/sda1, and should mount accordingly.
What about those error messages, do they persist? I once heard about
a case where a stick would only mount when connected by a USB extension
cable... don't know whether that is a USB-1 vs. USB-2 issue or perhaps
just a mechanical connection problem...
Best regards, Jan
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