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On Tuesday 16 August 2005 22:47, Grant Sewell wrote: > > I always find using "fdisk -l" (lowercase L, run as root) to be a handy > diagnostic tool... it tells you what filesystems are present on the > devices. You may need to explicitly tell it the device: fdisk -l /dev/sda debian:/home/edos# fdisk -l Disk /dev/hda: 20.0 GB, 20003880960 bytes 255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 2432 cylinders Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 998 8016403+ b W95 FAT32 /dev/hda2 999 2432 11518605 5 Extended /dev/hda5 999 1762 6136798+ 83 Linux /dev/hda6 1763 1902 1124518+ 82 Linux swap / Solaris /dev/hda7 1903 2432 4257193+ 83 Linux Disk /dev/sda: 513 MB, 513802240 bytes 16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 1960 cylinders Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 1960 501744 b W95 FAT32 Disk /dev/sda1: 2082.3 GB, 2082317979648 bytes 16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 7943412 cylinders Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1p1 * 1 1960 501744 b W95 FAT32 None the wiser for the above, so tried: debian:/home/edos# fdisk -l /dev/sda Disk /dev/sda: 513 MB, 513802240 bytes 16 heads, 32 sectors/track, 1960 cylinders Units = cylinders of 512 * 512 = 262144 bytes Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sda1 * 1 1960 501744 b W95 FAT32 debian:/home/edos# /dev/sda if entered in fstab gives me an error: "mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda1, missing codepage or other error" Same if I try /dev/sda1 and combinations of auto or vfat -- W. Devon --------------- A GNU/Linux user -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG Mail majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with "unsubscribe list" in the message body to unsubscribe. FAQ: www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html