Re: Using gtkpod for an ipod
On 2008-06-21 14:10 +0200, Peter Robinson wrote:
> If I try to mount it as hfsplus or vfat I get an error like:
>
> peter:/home/peter# mount -t hfsplus /dev/sdb /mnt/ipod
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb,
> missing codepage or helper program, or other error
> In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
> dmesg | tail or so
This is not really surprising, since this message...
> dmesg | tail shows:
>
> peter:/home/peter# dmesg | tail
> sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Mode Sense: 6c 00 00 08
> sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Assuming drive cache: write through
> sdb: sdb1 sdb2
...shows that the device /dev/sdb is partitioned and has two primary
partitions.
> sd 8:0:0:0: [sdb] Attached SCSI removable disk
> sd 8:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg2 type 0
> hfs: unable to find HFS+ superblock
> FAT: bogus logical sector size 2
> VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sdb.
> hfs: unable to find HFS+ superblock
> hfs: unable to find HFS+ superblock
>
>
> Cannot find an answer in the docs, any help appreciated!
Try to mount sdb1 and/or sdb2 and show the results.
Sven
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