Identify That File Format

Quantum_ · n00b Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Posts: 11

OK, I admit, I'm beat by this.

Here's an image file that you're supposed to be able to write to a CF card. (CF card is in a PCMCIA adapter) I partition the CF card so that the first part is 32MB bootable, and second is the rest. Write the part table and exit.
# dd if={imagename} of=/dev/hde1
(completes fine)

Try to mount, and the filesystem is unrecognized as any fs I can mount! Try to mount the image loopback, and it ties up that loop device so badly, I can't kill -9. As I try again, it ties up my loopback devices successively, until I run out and have to reboot.

I've tried setting the hde1 part to all M$ part types, ext2, ext3, reiserfs, minix, write the image, and nothing works.

I've confirmed all my hardware, and I'm pretty sure that my procedures are correct, so what am I doing wrong? Something must be wrong with the image, but if so, why isn't anyone complaining on the listserv? (no responses there to my question)

Before this, I had a similar problem with the CD image, but re-DLed and it now mounts loopback as iso9660. But have re-DLed the CF .bz2 five times, and still no dice. Besides, if bad download, isn't .bz2 supposed to detect it when you -t? (these pass)

I am stumped.

fernandotcl · Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 11:16 pm Post subject:

How did you try to mount that image? "mount foo bar -t vfat -o loop"?
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Quantum_ · n00b Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Posts: 11

mount -o loop {image}.iso /mnt/removable

Works with the CD image, and has worked for me for 5 years.

fernandotcl · Posted: Sat Nov 27, 2004 11:21 pm Post subject:

I'm afraid it hang because it couldn't detect the file system type. You could start trying to mount all the file systems that mount supports.
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Quantum_ · n00b Joined: 07 Nov 2004 Posts: 11

Regrettably, I have. None that I have enabled, works.
# cat /proc/filesystems
nodev sysfs
nodev rootfs
nodev bdev
nodev proc
nodev sockfs
nodev binfmt_misc
nodev usbfs
nodev usbdevfs
nodev futexfs
nodev tmpfs
nodev pipefs
nodev eventpollfs
nodev devpts
reiserfs
ext2
nodev ramfs
nodev coda
minix
msdos
vfat
iso9660
nodev nfs
nodev nfs4
nodev nfsd
nodev smbfs
nodev cifs
udf
nodev mqueue
nodev oprofilefs
nodev rpc_pipefs
#

Try it yourself, if you have a chance.