Some help with an external disk format.

netpumber · 11-26-2009, 04:43 AM

Hi!!
I have an external disk WesternDigital passport and i want to format it with fat32 file system so both windows and linux can read it. I run fdisk as root but whatever im going to change and give in the end the 'w' command it returns me this error :

Quote:

The partition table has been altered!

Calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.

WARNING: Re-reading the partition table failed with error 22: Invalid argument.
The kernel still uses the old table.
The new table will be used at the next reboot.
Syncing disks.

Does anyone have an idea on how to format this disk ?

Thanks!

H_TeXMeX_H · 11-26-2009, 05:01 AM

That's normal I'd say, it gives me that a lot, just reboot and it will read it properly.

netpumber · 11-26-2009, 05:04 AM

Yes.. i do it but nothing changed...

netpumber · 11-26-2009, 05:43 AM

in lsscsi gives this..
[4:0:0:0] disk ATA WDC WD3200AAKS-0 01.0 /dev/sda
[5:0:0:0] disk ATA WDC WD5000AAKS-6 01.0 /dev/sdb
[7:0:0:0] disk WD 1200BEA External 1.04 /dev/sdc

I format it but now i can't mount it

mount /dev/sdc /home/n3t/Desktop/hdd
mount: No such file or directory

But the device is there :

/dev/sda /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc /dev/sdc1

and the directory in the desktop :s

H_TeXMeX_H · 11-26-2009, 05:48 AM

Try

Code:

mount /dev/sdc1 /mnt/tmp

netpumber · 11-26-2009, 06:02 AM

the same error :s

mount /dev/sdc /mnt/tmp
mount: No such file or directory

What the hell!!

repo · 11-26-2009, 06:09 AM

try

Code:

mkdir /mnt/tmp
mount /dev/sdc /mnt/tmp

cola · 11-26-2009, 06:32 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by netpumber

the same error :s

mount /dev/sdc /mnt/tmp
mount: No such file or directory

What the hell!!

Code:

cd /dev
ls -l | grep sd

And

Code:

cd /mnt
ls -l | grep tmp

netpumber · 11-26-2009, 09:42 AM

So.. listen.. i ve formated in another pc with ubuntu with gparted and now i plug it in and when the window opens it tells me that i dont have permissions..!

netpumber · 11-26-2009, 12:27 PM

Anyway.. i make it work..I change something in fstab file!

lstamm · 11-26-2009, 12:31 PM

Quote:

the same error :s

mount /dev/sdc /mnt/tmp
mount: No such file or directory

What the hell!!

and

Quote:

But the device is there :

/dev/sda /dev/sda1 /dev/sda2 /dev/sda3 /dev/sdb /dev/sdb1 /dev/sdc /dev/sdc1

/dev/sdc usually refers to the entire raw disk, and I doubt that you have a formatted partition there, especially as you also have /dev/sdc1.

So try mounting it, as root, with the command:

Code:

mount -t vfat /dev/sdc1 /mnt/tmp

You can't mount it with a simple mount command unless you have placed a line for this disk in /etc/fstab.