Re: etch; possibly just mkfs problem [it helped - but another problem persists]

[Glenn Moeller-Holst <glenn@ruc.dk>]

Title: Re: etch; possibly just mkfs problem [it helped - but anot

At 10:02 -0500 23/02/07, Matthew K Poer wrote:

> 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.

That helped - Thanks.

It seems that mkfs.vfat and others are some sort of alias to the command mkdosfs.

> 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

Now another problem appears - that also was there before.

mkfs.vfat  can not see the first partition only:

pc:/dev#mkfs.vfat -f 1 /dev/sdc1

The command:

pc:/dev#mkfs.ext2 /dev/sdd2

mke2fs 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006)

Could not stat /dev/sdc2 - - - No such file or catalog/directory.

The device apparently does not exist; did you specify it correctly?

pc:/dev#

Apparently the mkfs.vfat command formated the whole SD card... - not just the first partition - and destroyed the partitions.

/Glenn