Package: gnu-fdisk Version: 1.0-3 Severity: normal Hello,
I guess the output below speaks for itself, where /dev/sdb is a SanDisk 8GB microSDHC card: ===== [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/luca# fdisk /dev/sdb GNU Fdisk 1.0 [...] Using /dev/sdb Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdb: 8 GB, 8167703040 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 993 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Command (m for help): n Partition type e extended p primary partition (1-4) p File system type (default ext2): fat32 Do you want to create the filesystem on the partition? yes/[no]: y WARNING: This writes all data to disk automatically, continue? yes/[no]: y First cylinder (default 0cyl): Last cylinder or +size or +sizeMB or +sizeKB (default 993cyl): +8M Warning: You requested a partition from 0cyl to 0cyl. The closest location we can manage is 0cyl to 0cyl. Is this still acceptable to you? y Yes n No y Warning: The size of the partition is too small for fat32 filesystem i Ignore c Cancel i Error: The partition is too small to create fat32 filesystem on it. Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdb: 8 GB, 8167703040 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 993 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 1 1 8001 c FAT32 LBA Command (m for help): w Information: Don't forget to update /etc/fstab, if necessary. Writing all changes to /dev/sdb. [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/home/luca# ===== The same happens if I choose fat16, but it doesn't happen with fdisk From util-linux. Thx, bye, Gismo / Luca -- System Information: Debian Release: lenny/sid APT prefers unstable APT policy: (990, 'unstable'), (500, 'testing'), (1, 'experimental') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Kernel: Linux 2.6.26-trunk-amd64 (SMP w/2 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=en_US.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=en_US.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Versions of packages gnu-fdisk depends on: ii libc6 2.7-13 GNU C Library: Shared libraries ii libncurses5 5.6+20080713-1 shared libraries for terminal hand ii libparted1.8-9 1.8.8.git.2008.03.24-8 The GNU Parted disk partitioning s ii libuuid1 1.41.0-3 universally unique id library gnu-fdisk recommends no packages. gnu-fdisk suggests no packages. -- no debconf information
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