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73 ke4ntHello,
I've got a sandisk mini cruzer 128 Mb and i keep getting this error:
Formatting /dev/sda1 mkdosfs 2.9 (15 May 2003) Setting up boot loader on /mnt/sda1 Total number of sectors not a multiple of sectors per track! Add mtools_skip_check=1 to your .mtoolsrc file to skip this test Error writing boot sector
I've have tried to use fdisk to change/create a new partition but that didn't help.
What do i need to do (and how)?Hello,
i tried frugal on my sandisk minicruzer 128 Mb (usb-stick) and got this error:
Formatting /dev/sda1 mkdosfs 2.9 (15 May 2003) Setting up boot loader on /mnt/sda1 Total number of sectors not a multiple of sectors per track! Add mtools_skip_check=1 to your .mtoolsrc file to skip this test Error writing boot sector
What should i do? (HELP!)
I am booting from the CD and i can mount my stick.
Somehow i think that i should re-format/fdisk my stick but i don't know how....Patrick, What is the output of " cfdisk /dev/sda " Specifically.. 1. How many partitions, 0, 1, or 2-or-more .. 2. What kind ( type ) Fat, ext2, 83, 6, 3. What is your c,h,s, counts .. cylinders,sectors,heads
If repartitoning or reformatting is required, which it sounds like, This info will be helpful for us to guide you thru..
73 ke4nt
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Total number of sectors not a multiple of sectors per track! Add mtools_skip_check=1 to your .mtoolsrc file to skip this test Error writing boot sector
Yes, I got that error too on my sandisk minicruzer. However a simple delete parition and made a new partition of type 6 cleaned up the bad partition. This usually works on "smaller" usb pendrives. On large ones you must be careful to make a suitable partition of 32 sectors per track of 512 block and cyclinders not more than 1024. That is needed for syslinux to boot.Next Page...
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