On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 5:23 PM, Ian Brown <ianbrn@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hello, > Thanks for you quick answer. > > ls shows the files. I'm assuming this is on both the vfat and ext3 disks? All the filenames' cases are correct? > git status shows: > fatal: Not a git repository > Regards, > IB The error message unfortunately really means "git couldn't find _everything_ needed to be a repository" without saying what precisely it had problems finding. Educated guess: Have a look in the .git directory on each disk. Is there a file called 'HEAD' or has its case been changed? -- cheers, dave tweed__________________________ david.tweed@xxxxxxxxx Rm 124, School of Systems Engineering, University of Reading. "while having code so boring anyone can maintain it, use Python." -- attempted insult seen on slashdot -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe git" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html