[wplug] Mounting SDA1

[Mike Griffin]

while the device is not mounted:

mkfs.ext3 /dev/sda1

should get you on your way.

Mike

On Monday, September 22, 2003, at 11:26  AM, Weber, Larry A wrote:

> Perhaps I was not clear.  I need to mount unformatted compact flash 
> devices.
> After mounting I will format the media.  Some of my "unformatted" 
> devices
> have been formated with msdos.  I don't need to read the msdos data, 
> only
> reformat the compact flash device to ext3.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From:	Vanco, Donald [SMTP:VANCOD at pios.com]
>> Sent:	Monday, September 22, 2003 11:18 AM
>> To:	'wplug at wplug.org'
>> Subject:	RE: [wplug] Mounting SDA1
>>
>>
>> Weber, Larry A <mailto:laweber at switch.com> scribbled on Monday, 
>> September
>> 22, 2003 11:16 AM:
>>> I am trying to mount a compact flash reader/writer to my system.  If
>>> I use a msdos formated compact flash card then:
>>> mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/cf -t msdos
>>> works properly.
>>>
>>> However I would like to mount the card (msdos formated or unformated)
>>> with the ext3 file system.
>>> mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/cf -t ext3   or   mount /dev/sda1 /mnt/cf -l -t
>>> ext3 does not work.  I get an error message saying I have the wrong
>>> fs, bad option, bad super block.
>> 	Did you make the filesystem first with mkfs/mke2fs?  You can't mount
>> a DOS FS as ext3.
>>
>> Don
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