Package: dosfstools Version: 3.0.16-2 Severity: normal Hello,
since util-linux 2.21 or so losetup grew an option to pass the flag to scan for partitions on loop devices (this was added on kernel side long ago but no tool passing the flag is in Debian). mkfs.vfat refuses to make filesystem on the first partition (out of 10). + mkfs.vfat -n bootloader /dev/loop0p1 mkfs.vfat 3.0.13 (30 Jun 2012) mkfs.vfat: Device partition expected, not making filesystem on entire device '/dev/loop0p1' (use -I to override) -- System Information: Debian Release: jessie/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (910, 'testing'), (900, 'stable'), (610, 'oldstable'), (500, 'testing'), (410, 'unstable'), (200, 'experimental'), (150, 'precise-updates'), (150, 'precise-security'), (150, 'precise') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386 Kernel: Linux 3.9-1-amd64 (SMP w/4 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) (ignored: LC_ALL set to en_US.UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/bash Versions of packages dosfstools depends on: ii libc6 2.17-3 dosfstools recommends no packages. dosfstools suggests no packages. -- no debconf information -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org