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Tom_S · 2008-08-27 04:59:16

Hi everybody!

I tried to format my Kingston 4GB USB Stick on my Conceptronic NAS with ext2 according to this how-to:
http://wolf-u.li/1318/fun_plug-05-auf-d … betrieben/

But when I execute
mke2fs /dev/sdc1
it takes very long (according to my 1GB Instenso Stick) to write the blocks and it ends with exit status 1. But normally it should end with exit status 0.

I´ve searched with google, but found nothing helpful.

Can somebody tell me, why I can´t format my USB Stick and install ffp 0.5?

Thank you very much!
Tom

bq041 · 2008-08-27 05:14:11

Did you use fdisk to partition it first? If you did not, then you are trying to format a fat partition with ext2. You first need to use fdisk to make an ext2 partition, then use mke2fs to format it.

I assume you did use fdisk according to the instructions you posted, but after you wrote the partition, try running

Code:

fdisk -l /dev/sdc

to make sure you indeed do have a linux partition. Also, this all must be done without the drive mounted.

Last edited by bq041 (2008-08-27 05:17:41)

Tom_S · 2008-08-27 14:19:15

Yes I did. I made the following steps:
fdisk /dev/sdc[enter]
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d[enter]
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p[enter]
1[enter]
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t[enter]
83[enter]
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mke2fs /dev/sdc1[enter]

bq041 · 2008-08-27 18:23:37

please post the results of the fdisk -l /dev/sdc and the results of the mke2fs /dev/sdc1 commands so we can see what is actually going on.

EnricoM · 2008-08-27 22:50:56

It could be that the USB power consumption is to high. I have read a post in this forum about similar problems. They fixed it by adding a powered USB hub

bq041 · 2008-08-28 00:54:43

It could be that the USB power consumption is to high.

I doubt that this is the case, a memory stick consumes very little power. I commonly run 3-4 sticks from a bus powered hub on the DNS with no problems. However, the hub idea may work. I have had a problem with a USB 2.0 drive not being picked up by the DNS and it had to be run through a USB 1.1 hub to connect at low speed. This is the casewith particular hardware, but I do not know why. Here, you seem to be having no problem getting the stick to connect, just not to format. You might want to post your dmesg, also.

One more thought as an afterthought. Is this one of the USB sticks that when plugged into windows has the U3 software? If so, it may have "two" drives on 1 stick, one read only drive for the U3 software and 1 usable drive. Right after inserting the USB stick, run dmesg to tell you what it connected to.

Last edited by bq041 (2008-08-28 23:20:52)

Tom_S · 2008-09-10 18:41:57

Hi!

I´m sorry to be so late.

Here´s what the ch3snas tells me, when I execute "mke2fs /dev/sdc1":

Then it takes a while ("writing inode tables increments very slow) and finally (perhaps after 15 minutes) it ends with:

Writing the inodes till 14 of 30 is getting very fast, then it slows down to one per minute.

Has anyone an idea?

bq041 · 2008-09-11 00:56:26

run e2fsck /dev/sdc1 on it and see what it comes up with.

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