From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S261569AbTKOJih (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Nov 2003 04:38:37 -0500 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S261585AbTKOJih (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Nov 2003 04:38:37 -0500 Received: from komoseva.globalnet.hr ([213.149.32.250]:35593 "EHLO komoseva.globalnet.hr") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S261569AbTKOJif (ORCPT ); Sat, 15 Nov 2003 04:38:35 -0500 Date: Sat, 15 Nov 2003 10:08:01 +0100 From: Vid Strpic To: Patrick Beard Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: 2.6.0-test9 VFAT problem Message-ID: <20031115090801.GV21265@home.bofhlet.net> Mail-Followup-To: Vid Strpic , Patrick Beard , linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="b8GWCKCLzrXbuNet" Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.1i X-Operating-System: Linux 2.6.0-test9 X-Editor: VIM - Vi IMproved 6.2 (2003 Jun 1, compiled Sep 18 2003 13:09:52) X-I-came-from: scary devil monastery X-Politics: UNIX fundamentalist X-Face: -|!t[0Pql@=P`A=@?]]hx(Oh!2jK='NQO#A$ir7jYOC*/4DA~eH7XpA/:vM>M@GLqAYUg9$ n|mt)QK1=LZBL3sp?mL=lFuw3V./Q&XotFmCH >> 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 h= old > until I take stock of the steps I've taken just to make sure I've not bee= n a > right 'plum'. Well, those things sometimes take a lot of time. --=20 vms@bofhlet.net, IRC:*@Martin, /bin/zsh. C|N>K Linux moria 2.6.0-test9 #1 Sat Oct 25 23:00:37 CEST 2003 i686 10:05:31 up 9 days, 19:22, 1 user, load average: 0.30, 0.48, 0.29 Eagles may soar, but weasels don't get sucked into jet engines. --b8GWCKCLzrXbuNet Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/tezxq1AzG0/iPGMRAqNjAKCaGiA5fpVKZKy/DCT13kUdNf+W2wCbBhTR FJPt4Szlc2T4H+ucqq7k5XU= =FHzr -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --b8GWCKCLzrXbuNet--