From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from mx1.redhat.com (mx1.redhat.com [172.16.48.31]) by int-mx1.corp.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l3SAX46F009386 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:33:04 -0400 Received: from smtp1-g19.free.fr (smtp1-g19.free.fr [212.27.42.27]) by mx1.redhat.com (8.13.1/8.13.1) with ESMTP id l3SAX3EF016361 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 06:33:03 -0400 Received: from free.fr (gar13-1-82-227-28-39.fbx.proxad.net [82.227.28.39]) by smtp1-g19.free.fr (Postfix) with SMTP id 50D6DB9467 for ; Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:33:03 +0200 (CEST) Date: Sat, 28 Apr 2007 12:33:03 +0200 From: Yann Boutin Message-ID: <20070428103303.GA11539@gentoo> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline Subject: [linux-lvm] can't mount vfat fs on lvm created by winxp guest on xen Reply-To: LVM general discussion and development List-Id: LVM general discussion and development List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , List-Id: Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit To: linux-lvm@redhat.com Greetings, I've had no success with mounting a vfat file system created by a Windows XP guest on a lvm volume. Windows XP guest is running under xen 3.0.5 rc3. # mount -t vfat /dev/vg1/win1 /mnt/ mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/vg1/win1, missing codepage or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so # dmesg FAT: invalid media value (0xb9) VFS: Can't find a valid FAT filesystem on dev dm-0. # lvm version LVM version: 2.02.10 (2006-09-19) Library version: 1.02.10 (2006-09-19) Driver version: 4.7.0 # uname -a Linux gentoo 2.6.18-xen #6 SMP Sun Apr 22 12:11:43 CEST 2007 i686 Intel(R) Core(TM)2 CPU 6300 @ 1.86GHz GenuineIntel GNU/Linux I found solutions for similar problem (symptoms) reported with usb pens but no one worked. Help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks! Yann.