Ron Johnson wrote: > On 01/29/2009 08:27 PM, Oscar Corte wrote: >> Hi all: >> I’m trying to use fsck to check my usb device. >> >> According to the man page for fsck there should be available vfat type >> through the –t option. >> >> However I receive the next error: >> fsck: 1-40-WIP (14-NOV-200)fsck: fsck.vfat: not foundfsck: Error 2 >> while executing fsck.vfat for /media/usbdisk >> >> when executing: >> fsck –t vfat /media/usbdisk >> >> What am I missing? > > Maybe the dosfstools package?? > > $ apt-file search fsck.vfat > dosfstools: /sbin/fsck.vfat > dosfstools: /usr/share/man/man8/fsck.vfat.8.gz >
Yes, you need this package and command, e.g., dosfsck -av /dev/sdb1 where you have to replace sdb1 by the name of the partition you want to check on your USB storage device; which, as Adrian Levi posted, has to be not mounted. -- Regards, Jörg-Volker. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org
