Re: memory stick

To: debian-laptop@lists.debian.org
Subject: Re: memory stick
From: Colin Cotter <colinjcotter@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2005 16:05:35 +0200
Message-id: <[🔎] 19c5f0af0507160705864f00b@mail.gmail.com>
Reply-to: Colin Cotter <colinjcotter@gmail.com>
In-reply-to: <[🔎] d559b4c05071605242d9a9ca2@mail.gmail.com>
References: <[🔎] 19c5f0af05071203105faf7b36@mail.gmail.com> <[🔎] 20050712114058.GA18910@jtkpc.cmp.uea.ac.uk> <[🔎] 19c5f0af050712063721d030e5@mail.gmail.com> <[🔎] 20050712192156.37674994@waldherr> <[🔎] 19c5f0af050712104248d00efb@mail.gmail.com> <[🔎] slrnddao6d.qm8.keeling@localhost.localdomain> <[🔎] d559b4c05071605242d9a9ca2@mail.gmail.com>

I attempted formatting and got:

critter:~# mkfs vfat /dev/sda1
mke2fs 1.37 (21-Mar-2005)
mkfs.ext2: bad blocks count - /dev/sda1

Does anybody recognise what this means? 

all the best

--Colin

On 7/16/05, L.V.Gandhi <lvgandhi@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 7/14/05, s. keeling <keeling@spots.ab.ca> wrote:
> 
> > Beware, however, others have reported that once reformatted, the stick
> > became a paperweight.
> Not correct. I have reformatted a few times. Still working OK.
> 
> 
> --
> L.V.Gandhi
> http://lvgandhi.tripod.com/
> linux user No.205042
> 
> 


-- 
http://www.gloworms.org.uk

Reply to:

Follow-Ups:
- Re: memory stick
  - From: Steffen Waldherr <steffen.waldherr@web.de>

References:
- memory stick
  - From: Colin Cotter <colinjcotter@gmail.com>
- Re: memory stick
  - From: "Jan T. Kim" <jtk@cmp.uea.ac.uk>
- Re: memory stick
  - From: Colin Cotter <colinjcotter@gmail.com>
- Re: memory stick
  - From: Steffen Waldherr <steffen.waldherr@web.de>
- Re: memory stick
  - From: Colin Cotter <colinjcotter@gmail.com>
- Re: memory stick
  - From: "s. keeling" <keeling@spots.ab.ca>
- Re: memory stick
  - From: "L.V.Gandhi" <lvgandhi@gmail.com>

Prev by Date: Re: memory stick
Next by Date: Re: memory stick
Previous by thread: Re: memory stick
Next by thread: Re: memory stick
Index(es):
- Date
- Thread