eh -- that was too early to celebrate... rsync seems to be causing this problem on vfat mounted partition and now I am stuck again without being able to fix the partition despite saying 'y'es...
$> dosfsck -v -r -w /dev/sdb1 dosfsck 3.0.11 (24 Dec 2010) dosfsck 3.0.11, 24 Dec 2010, FAT32, LFN Checking we can access the last sector of the filesystem Boot sector contents: System ID "mkdosfs" Media byte 0xf8 (hard disk) 512 bytes per logical sector 4096 bytes per cluster 32 reserved sectors First FAT starts at byte 16384 (sector 32) 2 FATs, 32 bit entries 8249344 bytes per FAT (= 16112 sectors) Root directory start at cluster 2 (arbitrary size) Data area starts at byte 16515072 (sector 32256) 2061760 data clusters (8444968960 bytes) 32 sectors/track, 64 heads 0 hidden sectors 16526336 sectors total /boot/iso/.neurodebian-live_6.0.3_i386.iso.IR3TfA Contains a free cluster (493696). Assuming EOF. /boot/iso/.neurodebian-live_6.0.3_i386.iso.IR3TfA File size is 508559360 bytes, cluster chain length is 498892800 bytes. Truncating file to 498892800 bytes. Checking for unused clusters. Reclaimed 768 unused clusters (3145728 bytes). Checking free cluster summary. Free cluster summary wrong (341963 vs. really 344320) 1) Correct 2) Don't correct ? 1 Perform changes ? (y/n) y $> dosfsck -v -r -w /dev/sdb1 dosfsck 3.0.11 (24 Dec 2010) dosfsck 3.0.11, 24 Dec 2010, FAT32, LFN Checking we can access the last sector of the filesystem Boot sector contents: System ID "mkdosfs" Media byte 0xf8 (hard disk) 512 bytes per logical sector 4096 bytes per cluster 32 reserved sectors First FAT starts at byte 16384 (sector 32) 2 FATs, 32 bit entries 8249344 bytes per FAT (= 16112 sectors) Root directory start at cluster 2 (arbitrary size) Data area starts at byte 16515072 (sector 32256) 2061760 data clusters (8444968960 bytes) 32 sectors/track, 64 heads 0 hidden sectors 16526336 sectors total /boot/iso/.neurodebian-live_6.0.3_i386.iso.IR3TfA Contains a free cluster (493696). Assuming EOF. /boot/iso/.neurodebian-live_6.0.3_i386.iso.IR3TfA File size is 508559360 bytes, cluster chain length is 498892800 bytes. Truncating file to 498892800 bytes. Checking for unused clusters. Reclaimed 768 unused clusters (3145728 bytes). Checking free cluster summary. Free cluster summary wrong (341963 vs. really 344320) 1) Correct 2) Don't correct ? 1 Perform changes ? (y/n) y /dev/sdb1: 906 files, 1717440/2061760 clusters -- =------------------------------------------------------------------= Keep in touch www.onerussian.com Yaroslav Halchenko www.ohloh.net/accounts/yarikoptic -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-bugs-dist-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org