Re: usb device

From: Michael Sry (michael_sry_at_hotmail.com)
Date: 03/12/05

  • Next message: Eric Gaumer: "Re: usb device" 
    To: gaumerel@ecs.fullerton.edu, greatexcalibur@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 17:50:04 +0000

    Well, The file system on the device is fat32! And it works just fine on
    windows.

    mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda,
           or too many mounted file systems

    Is it possible that what is wrong is the too many mounted file systems?

    >From: Eric Gaumer <gaumerel@ecs.fullerton.edu>
    >To: "H. S." <greatexcalibur@yahoo.com>
    >CC: debian-user@lists.debian.org
    >Subject: Re: usb device
    >Date: Sat, 12 Mar 2005 09:30:31 -0800
    >
    >H. S. wrote:
    >>
    >>What exactly is your device? Have you tried "-t msdos", "-t ntfs" etc?
    >>
    >>I had a similar problem while trying to mount a newly bought USB stick
    >>(Lexar). It was mountable and writeabel and readable under Windows XP
    >>but not under Linux running 2.6.9 and 2.6.10. It turns out that I had to
    >>format it and make a filesystem. After that it worked perfectly in both
    >>the OSes.
    >>
    >
    >Yes definitely check the filesystem on the device. The device seems to be
    >detected and the proper module loaded. I would speculate that the
    >filesystem
    >is either corrupt, encrypted, or not a FAT filesystem. You can always
    >format
    >the device to use FAT.
    >
    > -Eric
    >
    >--
    >"Education is what remains after one has forgotten everything he learned in
    >school."
    > - Albert Einstein
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