Re: [gentoo-user] VFAT problem

[Simon]

This is just a vague idea but maybe it is formated as FATX or exFAT which
may be seen like FAT16 or FAT32 on linux, but windows recognises the real
fs type?  It's a wild guess...  You could try to reformat it in Linux and
try using it after in the GPS to see if it will work.

See here if you're curious:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File_Allocation_Table#FATX

Simon

On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 5:20 PM, Mark Knecht <markknecht@×××××.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Jul 19, 2012 at 9:45 AM, Helmut Jarausch
> <jarausch@××××××××××××××××.de> wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have a Garmin GPS with a 32GB SD card.
> > If I attach my device to the USB port, a directory listing looks totally
> > scrambled.
> > A listing of the smaller (2GB) 'internal' storage device is just fine.
> > And I am sure the listing of the bigger SD card has been fine earlier
> > when less storage was used.
> >
> > The funny thing, looking at the same SD card from Windows7 (running in
> > VirtualBox)
> > gives a perfect listing (about 28 GB are used).
> >
> > What am I missing?
> >
> > Many thanks for a hint,
> > Helmut.
> >
>
> Hi Helmut,
>    Sorry for the problems. No real good ideas here, but assuming the
> Win 7 VM is on the same Gentoo machine then it appears to be something
> missing from Gentoo. I'd start by using the Win 7 disk tools:
>
> Control Panel -> System & Security -> Create & format hard disk partitions
>
> and look to see what Win 7 believes it's talking to.
>
>    Also, make sure if you have the VM running that it isn't
> automatically mounting the Garmin which would make the SD unavailable
> to Linux. Handle that in the Virtualbox->Device menu.
>
>    Best of luck. Sounds like an interesting problem, if that's possible.
>
> Cheers,
> Mark
>
>