On Wednesday 03 April 2013 21:54:27 Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > On 03/04/13 01:00 PM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > > Dear List - > > > > > > Back from vacation. > > > > HEADACHES!! > > > > I formatted the usb stick as FAT16 loaded the DOS OS and the Bios update. > > > > The laptop would not boot from the stick. Set the boot parameters to > > boot from the usb stick. Computer freezes. Noticed that the laptop > > recognizes the usb stick at FAT32. > > > > Formatted the usb stick and loaded the DOS OS. > > > > > > fdisk -l > > > > <snip> > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sdb1 * 32 63487 31728 e W95 FAT16 (LBA) > > > > > > The directory /media/usbstick exists. > > > > Can not create the directory for the bios. > > > > rosenberg:/# mount /dev/sdb1 /media/usbstick > > mount: you must specify the filesystem type > > rosenberg:/# mount -t e /dev/sdb1 /media/usbstick > > mount: unknown filesystem type 'e' > > rosenberg:/# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/usbstick > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1, > > missing codepage or helper program, or other error > > In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try > > dmesg | tail or so > > > > > > If you need more information, please tell me. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Ethan > > I'm confused about why the usb stick isn't mounted automatically. Most > are. However the partition type and the file system are two different > things. > > I'm not sure that the file system is actually correct. Did you format it > using mkdosfs -F 16 /dev/sdb1 or did you use some other command? > On Wednesday 03 April 2013 21:54:27 Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > On 03/04/13 01:00 PM, Ethan Rosenberg, PhD wrote: > > Dear List - > > > > > > Back from vacation. > > > > HEADACHES!! > > > > I formatted the usb stick as FAT16 loaded the DOS OS and the Bios update. > > > > The laptop would not boot from the stick. Set the boot parameters to > > boot from the usb stick. Computer freezes. Noticed that the laptop > > recognizes the usb stick at FAT32. > > > > Formatted the usb stick and loaded the DOS OS. > > > > > > fdisk -l > > > > <snip> > > > > Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System > > /dev/sdb1 * 32 63487 31728 e W95 FAT16 (LBA) > > > > > > The directory /media/usbstick exists. > > > > Can not create the directory for the bios. > > > > rosenberg:/# mount /dev/sdb1 /media/usbstick > > mount: you must specify the filesystem type > > rosenberg:/# mount -t e /dev/sdb1 /media/usbstick > > mount: unknown filesystem type 'e' > > rosenberg:/# mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /media/usbstick > > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sdb1, > > missing codepage or helper program, or other error > > In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try > > dmesg | tail or so > > > > > > If you need more information, please tell me. > > > > Thanks. > > > > Ethan > > I'm confused about why the usb stick isn't mounted automatically. Most > are. However the partition type and the file system are two different > things. > > I'm not sure that the file system is actually correct. Did you format it > using mkdosfs -F 16 /dev/sdb1 or did you use some other command? > > Once is it correctly formatted, you should have no trouble mounting it. > > =========== > > Gary - > > BEAUTIFUL!! > > Corrected file system, installed bios update program, booted other > laptop from usb stick, updated bioos...... > > Crying!!! > > Problem still persists!!! > > Still crying.
Are you sure that the USB stick is not faulty? Have you tried with a different USB stick or tried a flavour of Linux on this one? Lisi -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/201304032345.31416.lisi.re...@gmail.com
