From matthew.ozor at gmail.com Wed Aug 20 08:20:51 2008 From: matthew.ozor at gmail.com (Matthew Ozor) Date: Wed Aug 20 08:20:58 2008 Subject: [pocket-linux] Chapter 2.3.1 - mke2fs error Message-ID: I receive an error when trying to prepare the boot disk media. I am using pre-formatted disks and have first did the "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k count=1440" command to erase them. After I run the "mke2fs ?m0 /dev/fd0" command it returns this error: mke2fs 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006) mkfs.ext2: invalid blocks count - /dev/fdo Any ideas or suggestions would be welcomed. I am currently using Debian Etch. Thank you, Matthew Ozor -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://tastytronic.net/pipermail/pocket-linux/attachments/20080820/8afe3539/attachment.html From dhorton at speakeasy.net Wed Aug 20 11:06:29 2008 From: dhorton at speakeasy.net (David Horton) Date: Wed Aug 20 11:13:15 2008 Subject: [pocket-linux] Chapter 2.3.1 - mke2fs error Message-ID: <50151.1219255589@speakeasy.net> I'm not sure what the cause of the error is, but I have a possible work-around for you. Try downloading the ch2-bootdisk.image file from http://www.happy-monkey.net/pocket/diskette-images/ You should be able to copy this image straight to the diskette using dd if=ch2-bootdisk.image of=/dev/fd0 and not need to create the filesystem first. Hope that helps. On Wed Aug 20 10:20 , 'Matthew Ozor' sent: >I receive an error when trying to prepare the boot disk media. I am using pre-formatted disks and have first did the "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k >count=1440" command to erase them. After I run the "mke2fs −m0 /dev/fd0" command it returns this error: > > >mke2fs 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006) >mkfs.ext2: invalid blocks count - /dev/fdo > > >Any ideas or suggestions would be welcomed. I am currently using Debian Etch. > >Thank you, >Matthew Ozor > > > > From scurvydog at mail.com Wed Aug 20 11:41:00 2008 From: scurvydog at mail.com (Jim Adams) Date: Wed Aug 20 12:05:54 2008 Subject: [pocket-linux] Chapter 2.3.1 - mke2fs error Message-ID: <20080820184100.4A3AE11581F@ws1-7.us4.outblaze.com> Hey Matt, don't know, try using bs=1024 might work??? ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Ozor" To: pocket-linux@ufo.chicago.il.us Subject: [pocket-linux] Chapter 2.3.1 - mke2fs error Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:20:51 -0400 I receive an error when trying to prepare the boot disk media. I am using pre-formatted disks and have first did the "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k count=1440" command to erase them. After I run the "mke2fs |m0 /dev/fd0" command it returns this error: mke2fs 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006) mkfs.ext2: invalid blocks count - /dev/fdo Any ideas or suggestions would be welcomed. I am currently using Debian Etch. Thank you, Matthew Ozor _______________________________________________ Pocket-Linux mailing list Pocket-Linux@ufo.chicago.il.us http://ufo.chicago.il.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pocket-linux -- Be Yourself @ mail.com! Choose From 200+ Email Addresses Get a Free Account at www.mail.com -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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This is what I tried to say: "For a floppy I would definitely try bs=512 and count=2880. That has never failed for me!" On Wed, Aug 20, 2008 at 10:35 PM, Brendan Brewster wrote: > > For a floppy I would definitely try bs=512 and count=2880. That has never failed for me! > > 2008/8/20 Jim Adams >> >> Hey Matt, don't know, try using bs=1024 >> might work??? >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Matthew Ozor" >> To: pocket-linux@ufo.chicago.il.us >> Subject: [pocket-linux] Chapter 2.3.1 - mke2fs error >> Date: Wed, 20 Aug 2008 11:20:51 -0400 >> >> I receive an error when trying to prepare the boot disk media. I am using pre-formatted disks and have first did the "dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/fd0 bs=1k >> count=1440" command to erase them. After I run the "mke2fs ?|m0 /dev/fd0" command it returns this error: >> >> mke2fs 1.40-WIP (14-Nov-2006) >> mkfs.ext2: invalid blocks count - /dev/fdo >> >> >> Any ideas or suggestions would be welcomed. I am currently using Debian Etch. >> >> Thank you, >> Matthew Ozor >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Pocket-Linux mailing list >> Pocket-Linux@ufo.chicago.il.us >> http://ufo.chicago.il.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pocket-linux >> >> -- >> Be Yourself @ mail.com! >> Choose From 200+ Email Addresses >> Get a Free Account at www.mail.com! >> _______________________________________________ >> Pocket-Linux mailing list >> Pocket-Linux@ufo.chicago.il.us >> http://ufo.chicago.il.us/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/pocket-linux >> >