On Tue, Dec 04, 2007 at 12:48:59AM +0100, Nyizsnyik Ferenc wrote: > On Sun, 02 Dec 2007 12:56:56 -0500 > Marty <martyb@ix.netcom.com> wrote: > > > Samuel Bächler wrote: > > >> Is the vfat module loaded? You might want to check the filesystem > > >> type with "file -s /dev/sdb1". Also are you able to access the > > >> files on any other system? If the data on the usb drive is not > > >> important, then try formatting it. "mkdosfs /dev/sdb1" will create > > >> a fat16 filesystem while mke2fs will create an ext2 partition. > > > > > > Thanks a lot! I learned quite a lot this weekend, :-). > > > > > > Summary of mistakes: > > > (1) I wanted to mount a wrong device (sda1 instead of sdb1). > > > > So it was a Windows partition you were seeing. Sorry about the > > error, but I still advise deleting and reformatting it. > > > > Yes, that's a nice idea. I myself would follow your advice, but my wife > doesn't let me to... :) sorry dear, that harddrive died and took windows with it. Fortunately, I had just backed up all your data. Oh, and look! Debian is still working! ;-) A
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