Re: can't mount sdf1 in stretch, gparted claims its fat32
On Mon 03 Feb 2020 at 14:02:31 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote:
> On Monday 03 February 2020 13:31:16 David Wright wrote:
> > On Mon 03 Feb 2020 at 12:40:20 (-0500), Gene Heskett wrote:
> > > I want to look at its directory structure because its different, and
> > > I'd like to deduce how to generate it in a kernel make for a newer,
> > > preempt-rt kernel.
> >
> > Yes, I can't mount it either, because I'm not running stretch.
>
> And I am running stretch with a custom realtime kernel for linuxcnc use.
> >
> > > Thanks for any enlightenment.
> >
> > I've given my reason; can you give us yours, for our further
> > enlightenment?
> >
> gene@coyote:~/PublicA/pi-buster$ sudo mount -tvfat /dev/sdf1 /media/sdf1
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdf1,
> missing codepage or helper program, or other error
>
> In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try
> dmesg | tail or so.
>
> And dmesg says:
> [2903524.766017] usb 1-12.4.1.3: new high-speed USB device number 20
> using xhci_hcd
> [2903525.047017] usb 1-12.4.1.3: New USB device found, idVendor=048d,
> idProduct=1336
> [2903525.047027] usb 1-12.4.1.3: New USB device strings: Mfr=1,
> Product=2, SerialNumber=3
> [2903525.047033] usb 1-12.4.1.3: Product: Mass Storage Device
> [2903525.047037] usb 1-12.4.1.3: Manufacturer: Generic
> [2903525.047041] usb 1-12.4.1.3: SerialNumber: 00000000000006
> [2903525.047961] usb-storage 1-12.4.1.3:1.0: USB Mass Storage device
> detected
> [2903525.052481] scsi host7: usb-storage 1-12.4.1.3:1.0
> [2903526.760829] scsi 7:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic Storage Device
> 0.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2
> [2903526.798501] sd 7:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg6 type 0
> [2903526.798879] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] 121319424 512-byte logical blocks:
> (62.1 GB/57.8 GiB)
> [2903526.799039] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] Write Protect is off
> [2903526.799041] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00
> [2903526.799210] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] No Caching mode page found
> [2903526.799211] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] Assuming drive cache: write through
> [2903526.801588] sdf: sdf1 sdf2
> [2903526.803323] sd 7:0:0:0: [sdf] Attached SCSI removable disk
I see there are two partitions, which is a little unusual for a USB
stick. Are you by any chance trying to write a bootable stick?
It might help to know how you wrote this stick, assuming you did.
Cheers,
David.
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