I have a 10-in-one multiple card-type reader thingy with a CF card slot. This is the first time I have ever used it.
Inserting the card I get a /dev/sda and /dev/sda1 devices. But when I go to mount it, the mount fails. $ mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/tmp [...]try dmesg | tail or so. $ dmesg | tail FAT: invalid first entry of FAT (0xfff8 != 0x1372) VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sda1. $ dosfsck -lv /dev/sda1 dosfsck 2.11 (12 Mar 2005) dosfsck 2.11, 12 Mar 2005, FAT32, LFN Checking we can access the last sector of the filesystem Boot sector contents: System ID "MSDOS5.0" Media byte 0xf8 (hard disk) 512 bytes per logical sector 2048 bytes per cluster 8 reserved sectors First FAT starts at byte 4096 (sector 8) 2 FATs, 16 bit entries 124928 bytes per FAT (= 244 sectors) Root directory starts at byte 253952 (sector 496) 512 root directory entries Data area starts at byte 270336 (sector 528) 62388 data clusters (127770624 bytes) 63 sectors/track, 255 heads 32 hidden sectors 250080 sectors total Checking file /CMDALL.TXT Checking file /index.html (INDEX~1.HTM) Checking file /log_cache.txt (LOG_CA~1.TXT) Checking file /reboot.html (REBOOT~1.HTM) Checking file /TAG_ID.TXT Checking file /CGI-BIN Checking file /LOG Checking file /download.html (DOWNLO~1.HTM) Checking file /exit.html (EXIT~1.HTM) Checking file /:6Mm:31N:314:33L:32f:33h:330 (\220V\202ツオ\202ツ「~1) Checking file /CGI-BIN/. Checking file /CGI-BIN/.. Checking file /CGI-BIN/DOWN_RST Checking file /CGI-BIN/gb_reboot (GB_REB~1) Checking file /CGI-BIN/LOGLIST Checking file /CGI-BIN/NETWORK Checking file /CGI-BIN/NET_RST Checking file /CGI-BIN/RFIDEXIT Checking file /CGI-BIN/TROPTION Checking file /CGI-BIN/TR_RST Checking file /LOG/. Checking file /LOG/.. Checking file /:6Mm:31N:314:33L:32f:33h:330/. Checking file /:6Mm:31N:314:33L:32f:33h:330/.. Checking for unused clusters. /dev/sda1: 18 files, 2315/62388 clusters $ fdisk /dev/sda Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sda: 128 MB, 128188416 bytes 8 heads, 32 sectors/track, 978 cylinders Units = cylinders of 256 * 512 = 131072 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 977 125040 83 Linux ---------- So it appears to be a proper FAT16 partition, it just won't mount. I don't have any other disks to check so I'm not sure if it's just an oddly formatted disk or no--though it comes up fine under Windows. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]