Has anyone seen something like this? Here is the log of creating an ext3 partition on a device and lack of recognition as ext3 just ext2. very strange.
Rashi:/home/mlaks# fdisk /dev/sdd Device contains neither a valid DOS partition table, nor Sun, SGI or OSF disklabel Building a new DOS disklabel with disk identifier 0x63528f63. Changes will remain in memory only, until you decide to write them. After that, of course, the previous content won't be recoverable. Warning: invalid flag 0x0000 of partition table 4 will be corrected by w(rite) WARNING: DOS-compatible mode is deprecated. It's strongly recommended to switch off the mode (command 'c') and change display units to sectors (command 'u'). Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdd: 17.0 GB, 17022582784 bytes 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 16234 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x63528f63 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System Command (m for help): n Command action e extended p primary partition (1-4) p Partition number (1-4): 1 First cylinder (1-16234, default 1): Using default value 1 Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (1-16234, default 16234): Using default value 16234 Command (m for help): p Disk /dev/sdd: 17.0 GB, 17022582784 bytes 64 heads, 32 sectors/track, 16234 cylinders Units = cylinders of 2048 * 512 = 1048576 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x63528f63 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdd1 1 16234 16623600 83 Linux Command (m for help): w The partition table has been altered! Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table. Syncing disks. Rashi:/home/mlaks# mkfs.ext3 /dev/sdd1 mke2fs 1.41.12 (17-May-2010) Filesystem label= OS type: Linux Block size=4096 (log=2) Fragment size=4096 (log=2) Stride=0 blocks, Stripe width=0 blocks 1040384 inodes, 4155900 blocks 207795 blocks (5.00%) reserved for the super user First data block=0 Maximum filesystem blocks=4257218560 127 block groups 32768 blocks per group, 32768 fragments per group 8192 inodes per group Superblock backups stored on blocks: 32768, 98304, 163840, 229376, 294912, 819200, 884736, 1605632, 2654208, 4096000 Writing inode tables: done Creating journal (32768 blocks): done Writing superblocks and filesystem accounting information: done This filesystem will be automatically checked every 39 mounts or 180 days, whichever comes first. Use tune2fs -c or -i to override. Rashi:/home/mlaks# mount /dev/sdd1 /mnt mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdd1, missing codepage or helper program, or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so Rashi:/home/mlaks# mount -t ext2 /dev/sdd1 /mnt ------------ here is the relevant dmesg output: [1073854.224034] usb 1-6: new high speed USB device using ehci_hcd and address 10 [1073854.408037] usb 1-6: New USB device found, idVendor=0011, idProduct=7788 [1073854.408042] usb 1-6: New USB device strings: Mfr=1, Product=2, SerialNumber=3 [1073854.408045] usb 1-6: Product: Mass Storage [1073854.408047] usb 1-6: Manufacturer: Generic [1073854.408050] usb 1-6: SerialNumber: 0E5C5CFF [1073854.408178] usb 1-6: configuration #1 chosen from 1 choice [1073854.408444] scsi13 : SCSI emulation for USB Mass Storage devices [1073854.408542] usb-storage: device found at 10 [1073854.408544] usb-storage: waiting for device to settle before scanning [1073859.404200] usb-storage: device scan complete [1073859.405039] scsi 13:0:0:0: Direct-Access Generic Flash Disk 8.00 PQ: 0 ANSI: 2 [1073859.405710] sd 13:0:0:0: Attached scsi generic sg4 type 0 [1073859.407397] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] 33247232 512-byte logical blocks: (17.0 GB/15.8 GiB) [1073859.407890] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Write Protect is off [1073859.407893] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Mode Sense: 03 00 00 00 [1073859.407896] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through [1073859.410014] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through [1073859.410018] sdd: unknown partition table [1073859.672005] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through [1073859.672011] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Attached SCSI removable disk [1073921.167000] sd 13:0:0:0: [sdd] Assuming drive cache: write through [1073921.167005] sdd: sdd1 [1074110.584687] JBD: no valid journal superblock found [1074110.584691] EXT3-fs: error loading journal. [1074126.668836] EXT2-fs warning (device sdd1): ext2_fill_super: mounting ext3 filesystem as ext2 strange. it must be something strange about this usb drive. i got another one similar to it from a friend and it had same problem Mitchell -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110722121840.ga31...@earthlink.net