From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id ; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 06:22:19 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id ; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 06:22:19 -0400 Received: from imo-d03.mx.aol.com ([205.188.157.35]:52463 "EHLO imo-d03.mx.aol.com") by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id ; Fri, 25 Oct 2002 06:22:18 -0400 Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2002 06:31:02 -0400 From: Floydsmith@aol.com To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: floydsmith@aol.com Subject: 2.4.18 iomega 250 zip won't mount - wrong size MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-ID: <28FF45A5.05264F2B.0B512FEB@aol.com> X-Mailer: Atlas Mailer 2.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7BIT Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Hello all, With 2.4.18 while trying to mount and mk a fs on a IOMEGA 250Meg zip drive I got. localhost.localdomain:/# mount -t vfat /dev/hdc /mnt hdc: The disk reports a capacity of 250640384 bytes, but the drive only handles 250609664 FAT: bogus logical sector size 8293 VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev 16:00. mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hdc, or too many mounted file systems hdc: The disk reports a capacity of 250640384 bytes, but the drive only handles 250609664 localhost.localdomain:/# mkfs -t vfat /dev/hdc mkfs.vfat 2.8 (28 Feb 2001) hdc: The disk reports a capacity of 250640384 bytes, but the drive only handles 250609664 hdc: The disk reports a capacity of 250640384 bytes, but the drive only handles 250609664 mkfs.vfat: Will not try to make filesystem on '/dev/hdc' localhost.localdomain:/# >>From dmede0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 blk: queue c03135a4, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) hda: 26564832 sectors (13601 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=1653/255/63, UDMA(33) blk: queue c03136f0, I/O limit 4095Mb (mask 0xffffffff) hdb: 30043440 sectors (15382 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=1870/255/63, UDMA(33) ide-floppy driver 0.99.newide hdc: 244766kB, 489532 blocks, 512 sector size hdc: 244736kB, 239/64/32 CHS, 4096 kBps, 512 sector size, 2941 rpm hdc: The disk reports a capacity of 250640384 bytes, but the drive only handles 250609664 Partition check: Any sugestions? Floyd,