At 10:02 -0500 23/02/07, Matthew K Poer wrote:
On Fri, 2007-02-23 at 14:51 +0100, Glenn Moeller-Holst wrote:
I have problems using the mkfs command i a newly updated debian etch
distribution.
I have followed the description on this page:
http://aragorn.kortex.jyu.fi:8080/h6300/
The memory card Transcend SD 512MB 80x lists ( ls -la /dev/sd* ) up
as /dev/sdc1.
In ( fdisk /dev/sdc1 ) it prints ( p ):
Was danish - but used the english desciptions:
Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdc1p1 1 99 49873 b W95 FAT32
/dev/sdc1p2 100 1010 451856 83 Linux
But I can not figure out how to format the two partitions - tried:
>
pc:/dev#umount sdc1
(comment: The icon disappear from the desktop)
> pc:/dev#mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdc1p1
mkfs.vfat: (was danish; translated to) "No such file or catalog/directory"
pc:/dev#mkfs -t vfat /dev/sdc1
mkfs.vfat: (was danish; translated to) "No such file or catalog/directory"
> pc:/dev#mkfs.vfat /dev/sdc1
bash: mkfs.vfat: command not found
pc:/dev#mkfs.vfat /dev/sdc1p1
bash: mkfs.vfat: command not found
> /Glenn
I'm not sure, but could parted (or QTParted, it's GUI cousin) help
repartition and reformat the disk?
If you want to 'mkfs.vfat' try 'apt-get install dosfstools' as it
handles FAT systems.
That helped - Thanks.
It seems that mkfs.vfat and others are some sort of alias to the
command mkdosfs.
Odd: I was wondering earlier how to reformat my USB MSD. I guess mkfs
will do it. I probably wouldn't have remembered the command 'mkfs' if it
hadn't been for your question, so thank you.
--
Matthew K Poer
Now another problem appears - that also was there before.
mkfs.vfat can not see the first partition only:
pc:/dev#mkfs.vfat -f 1 /dev/sdc1
The command:
pc:/dev#mkfs.ext2 /dev/sdd2
mke2fs 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006)
Could not stat /dev/sdc2 - - - No such file or catalog/directory.
The device apparently does not exist; did you specify it correctly?
pc:/dev#
Apparently the mkfs.vfat command formated the whole SD card... - not
just the first partition - and destroyed the partitions.
/Glenn
