looks like you are trying to create a FAT, and not FAT32 filesystem. the maximum size for a FAT partition is 2G (2048).
have you tryed to create a partition >2G? have you run fdisk first to create the partition? /ernst On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 22:53, martin f krafft wrote: > i have 13Gb of data and a 15Gb harddrive that i need to pass to my > cousin, who runs windoze. i made a 15Gb partition of type 0C (Win > FAT32 (LBA)) and tried to call mkfs.vfat on it: > > piper:/home/madduck# mkfs.vfat /dev/hdc1 > mkfs.vfat 2.8 (28 Feb 2001) > mkfs.vfat: Attempting to create a too large file system > > i can't create NTFS filesystems, right? so how the flyingfood do > i make a filesystem of that size for braindeadOS? -- Mvh Ernst-Magne Vindal [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
