On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 04:38:55PM -0400, Carl Fink wrote: >On Thu, Jul 07, 2005 at 08:52:59AM -0700, Pete Hicks wrote: > >> However, when I try and mount the drive, I can an error saying wrong >> fstype: >> >> % sudo mount -t vfat /dev/uba /mnt/extdrive >> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/uba, >> missing codepage or other error >> (could this be the IDE device where you in fact use >> ide-scsi so that sr0 or sda or so is needed?) >> In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try >> dmesg | tail or so > >Did you try either of the things mount suggested (mounting /dev/sda or >looking at dmesg)?
I did. The message that dmesg produces is that there is no filesystem (at work ATM, so I don't have my laptop, and don't remember the message verbatim). Since I am using UDEV, I created /dev/sda1 with mknod, and that did not work. I suspect this is because ide-scsi used to handle scsi emulation, and that is not really what I am looking to achive. I was thinking about trying to reformat the drive using parted or windows (gasp), but winxp does not format fat32, and parted was giving me a dire warning, so I held off there. I might go ahead and risk it if I run out of options. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
