Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 15 Nov 2003 10:08:01 +0100 | From | Vid Strpic <> | Subject | Re: 2.6.0-test9 VFAT problem |
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On Fri, Nov 14, 2003 at 01:46:51PM -0000, Patrick Beard wrote: > >> FAT: Bogus number of reserved sectors > >> VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev sda > >Oh, no, not again... :( > >We had the same problem few weeks ago... a patch is in the archives, it > >worked for me. > I did apply Andries's 'Relax FAT checking' patch last night but the only > difference I noticed was my belkin reader changed it's error to 'no media > found' the camera still gave 'wrong fs...'
Hmmm.
> After advice from Philippe and Andries and the following I found on a > website; > "The problem is that Linux only looks at the disk geometry the first time > the camera is plugged in. So when you unplug the camera and change the > memory card Linux does not check to see if the geometry has changed."
I didn't know that... it shouldn't happen? I don't connect my camera by usb-storage, I have a card reader, and it really behaves as removable media device, as it should - checks size everytime. Maybe we should change something here?
> I really hope I've not chased my tail by hitting the following combination > 'up-patched inode.c' + 'trying to use sda after a deja search' and finally > 'Linux only checking the geometry once'. I'd like to put this thread on hold > until I take stock of the steps I've taken just to make sure I've not been a > right 'plum'.
Well, those things sometimes take a lot of time.
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