Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 23 Mar 2000 21:00:02 +0100 (MET) | From | Andries.Brouwer@cwi ... | Subject | Re: [bugreport] vfat: Unmountable FAT32 Partition |
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Andreas Dietrich:
>> # mount -o debug -t vfat /dev/hda3 /mnt/DOS_hda3 >> fatfs: bogus cluster size
Kurt Roeckx <Q@ping.be>:
> I've had the same problem. > The problem is that the clustersize is 4K for partitions upto 8 GB, > then it changes to 8K I think, which linux doesn't seem to allow.
Before we invent a problem:
(i) Andreas sent the first 128 sectors of his /dev/hda3, and they were all equal, with data that looked like random garbage. Maybe something is terribly wrong with Linux, but for the time being I suppose that this is just a random test pattern written by the manufacturer, and that this /dev/hda3 has never been formatted. (ii) You say potential problems start at 8 GB. But Andreas' partition was just below 7 GB.
So, until Andreas comes back and protests that my interpretation is all wrong, he does not have a problem.
On the other hand, if there really is a problem, reproducible and verifiable, then it will probably be easy to fix. (So, your detailed report is welcome.)
Andries
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