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SubjectRe: 2.6.0-test9 VFAT problem
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On Friday 14 November 2003 14:03, Andries Brouwer wrote:
>On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 11:51:57AM -0000, Patrick Beard wrote:
>> > > My fstab entry is;
>> > > /dev/sda /mnt/smedia vfat rw,user,noauto 0,0
>> >
>> > I would guess that you have to mount /dev/sda1 or perhaps
>> > /dev/sda4. Isn't that what you do under 2.4?
>>
>> Yes, with 2.4 I used sda1. When I first compiled 2.6 I used sda1
>> but I got the 'wrong fs..' error. This was a clean install of
>> debian so I didn't have my original fstab. I checked the web and
>> noticed people using sda. so I tried that - same error. In trying
>> to get this to work I've used sda and sda1 at different times both
>> gave the same errors.
>
>Good.
>
>Maybe you know already, but just to be sure:
>You must use sda if the thing has no partition table.
>You must use sda1 if the thing has a partition table.
>
>So, if sda1 works under 2.4, then sda is certainly wrong under 2.6 -
>your device would just look like garbage and the error messages are
>meaningless.
>Only try sda1, and report whatever goes wrong in that case.
>
>Andries

I just played 210 monkeys, and /dev/sda doesn't work for mount, but
sda1 does. Both work for a read by dd FWTW. Links suitably
restored.

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