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Re: memory stick



Colin Cotter <colinjcotter@gmail.com>:
>  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.

Beware, however, others have reported that once reformatted, the stick
became a paperweight.

>  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?

Have you considered "man mount"?  Look for "Mount options for fat" and
it'll tell you what it can do.  For instance, "fat=16" looks
promising.  However, read the warnings before blindly trying them out.


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