Re: mkdosfs hangs while scanning for bad blocks

[John Allen <john.allen@dublinux.net>]

whollygoat@letterboxes.org wrote:
> On Sun, 08 Nov 2009 09:46 +0000, "John Allen" <john.allen@dublinux.net>
> wrote:
>   
> > whollygoat@letterboxes.org wrote:
> >     
> > > Anybody know what's going on or can help debug
> > > this at least?
> > >
> > > Running squeeze I am having trouble reformatting a 
> > >
> > >   * 64MB memory stick and a 
> > >   * 160GB 2.5" HD in a USB linked 
> > >     external enclosure
> > >
> > > using "mkdosfs -c /dev/sd{ag}1".
> > >
> > >   
> > >       
> > I can report the same happens on Lenny with the latest amd64 kernel.
> >     
>
> What kind of medium did you try to format,
> and how big is it?
>
>   
2G SD card, it had been reporting read errors in my camera, so I thought 
I'd reformat with -c :(
> I tried this with a live grml cd and it choked there
> as well.  No luck getting the drive recognized under
> dos.  Think I will try making a couple of smaller
> partitions and see if that works any better.
>
> Thanks for you comment
>
> will
>
>