usb cf reader

[Bernd Walter]

On Thu, Apr 17, 2003 at 09:16:37PM +0200, Riccardo Torrini wrote:
> # ls -ln /dev/da0*
> crw-r-----  1 0  5    4,  20 Apr 17 20:09 /dev/da0
> 
> # mount -tmsdos /dev/da0 /dist
> msdosfs: /dev/da0: Invalid argument

msdosfs usually lives on slices.

> # fdisk /dev/da0
> ******* Working on device /dev/da0 *******
> parameters extracted from in-core disklabel are:
> cylinders=15 heads=64 sectors/track=32 (2048 blks/cyl)
> 
> parameters to be used for BIOS calculations are:
> cylinders=15 heads=64 sectors/track=32 (2048 blks/cyl)
> 
> fdisk: invalid fdisk partition table found
> fdisk: /boot/mbr: length must be a multiple of sector size

But this seems to be a real problem.
Either the media is not fdisk'ed or reading failed.
Do you get any kernel messages?

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