tlug: Reading 640 MB MO

[Marcus Metzler <mocm@example.com>]

Venkatesh Raghavan writes:
 > Hello,
 > I have a 640MB MO Drive on my Linux Machine. I can can 230MB
 > "MSDOS" formatted MO but when I try mounting the 230MB
 > "MSDOS" formatted MO disk, I get the following error;
 > 
 > "unable to read partion table
 > mount:/dev/sda is not a valid block"
 > 
 > the mount command I am using is
 > 
 > mount -t msdos /dev/sda /mnt
You should try /dev/sda1 or if the MOs are handled like the jazz disk
maybe /dev/sda4.

Try doing an fdisk /dev/sda to see what kind of partitions you have.

Marcus

----------------------------------------------------------------------------
Dr. Marcus Metzler
Department of Physics    | $B")(B $B#2#7#4!<#8#5#1#0(B
Toho University          | $B@example.com)A%66;T;0;3#2!<#2!<#1(B
Miyama 2-2-1, Funabashi, | $BElK.Bg3X(B  $BM}3XIt(B  $BJ*M}(B
Chiba 274-8510           | 
Japan			 |
e-mail : mocm@example.com
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
--------------------------------------------------------------
Next Nomikai: 18 September, 19:30 Tengu TokyoEkiMae 03-3275-3691
Next Meeting: 10 October, Tokyo Station Yaesu central gate 12:30
--------------------------------------------------------------
Sponsor: PHT, makers of TurboLinux http://www.pht.co.jp