Re: etch; possibly just mkfs problem

[Matthew K Poer <matthewpoer@gmail.com>]

On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 14:51 +0100, Glenn Moeller-Holst wrote: 
> I have problems using the mkfs command i a newly updated debian etch 
> distribution.
> 
> I have followed the description on this page:
> http://aragorn.kortex.jyu.fi:8080/h6300/

> The memory card Transcend SD 512MB 80x lists ( ls -la /dev/sd* ) up 
> as /dev/sdc1.

> In ( fdisk /dev/sdc1 ) it prints ( p ):
> Was danish - but used the english desciptions:
> Device Boot      Start        End      Blocks   Id  System
> /dev/sdc1p1          1         99      49873     b  W95 FAT32
> /dev/sdc1p2        100       1010     451856    83  Linux
> 
> But I can not figure out how to format the two partitions - tried:
> 
> pc:/dev#umount sdc1
> (comment: The icon disappear from the desktop)
> pc:/dev#mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdc1p1
> mkfs.vfat: (was danish; translated to) "No such file or catalog/directory"
> pc:/dev#mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdc1
> mkfs.vfat: (was danish; translated to) "No such file or catalog/directory"
> pc:/dev#mkfs.vfat /dev/sdc1
> bash: mkfs.vfat: command not found
> pc:/dev#mkfs.vfat /dev/sdc1p1
> bash: mkfs.vfat: command not found
> /Glenn

I'm not sure, but could parted (or QTParted, it's GUI cousin) help
repartition and reformat the disk? 

If you want to 'mkfs.vfat' try 'apt-get install dosfstools' as it
handles FAT systems.

Odd: I was wondering earlier how to reformat my USB MSD. I guess mkfs
will do it. I probably wouldn't have remembered the command 'mkfs' if it
hadn't been for your question, so thank you.

-- 
Matthew K Poer