Hi, >> I believe the problem is that the filesystem starts at block 4 and not >> at the beginning, so mount can't figure out how to mount it. > > Use an offset, e.g. > > # mount -o loop,offset=4 .... Thanks, I should have thought of that. Alas, it didn't work. # mount -o loop,offset=4 -t vfat myusb_sdb.dd /media/desktop/ mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/loop0, missing codepage or helper program, or other error In some cases useful info is found in syslog - try dmesg | tail or so I took the dd image I created, and dumped it directly to another USB stick, then inserted it, and fedora automatically detected and mounted it, just as the original. So it's something I'm doing wrong with the mount. Does anyone have any ideas what might be wrong with my mount command? # dd if=/dev/sdb of=myusb_sdb.dd dd: reading `/dev/sdb': Input/output error 5242864+0 records in 5242864+0 records out 2684346368 bytes (2.7 GB) copied, 182.722 s, 14.7 MB/s # fdisk -l /dev/sdb Disk /dev/sdb: 3870 MB, 3870335488 bytes 45 heads, 4 sectors/track, 41995 cylinders, total 7559249 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x261e6d11 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System /dev/sdb1 * 4 5242859 2621428 b W95 FAT32 # file myusb_sdb.dd myusb_sdb.dd: x86 boot sector; partition 1: ID=0xb, active, starthead 1, startsector 4, 5242856 sectors, code offset 0x31 Running fdisk on myusb_sdb.dd returns the same as the original device: # fdisk -l myusb_sdb.dd Disk myusb_sdb.dd: 2684 MB, 2684346368 bytes 45 heads, 4 sectors/track, 29127 cylinders, total 5242864 sectors Units = sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes Disk identifier: 0x261e6d11 Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System myusb_sdb.dd1 * 4 5242859 2621428 b W95 FAT32 Thanks for any ideas, Alex -- users mailing list users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://admin.fedoraproject.org/mailman/listinfo/users Guidelines: http://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines Have a question? Ask away: http://ask.fedoraproject.org