Weird exFAT mount error (EOD entry)

[Ryupower]

Hey all!
I've posted this question somewhere else, and to this day have not gotten any response. So I'll try here.

Now,
I installed FUSE for exFAT and scons(if it has much relevancy, I found a script in another thread and tried using it. Unfortunately it didn't work ).

And, well, I try to mount the exFAT partition (sdd1) via shell into the mountpoint 'media/name_WD'. And this happens:

root@ubuntu:/mount -t exfat-fuse /dev/sdd1 name_WD
FUSE exfat 0.9.6
ERROR: missing EOD entry (0x20000, 0x20000). 
root@ubuntu:

This is really strange. I have gotten it to work once, but then I changed back to XP and updated Ubuntu Linux with apt-get-updgrade a little when I returned to the ubuntu partition. Ever since it has not worked for some odd reason, and I've been getting that stupid error!

Anyone here to help me out?
thanks!

OS: Ubuntu Oneiric Ocelot

[atreyu]

I've never used a disk formatted with exFat, isn't that a special Filesystem that Windows made just for USB disks?

Anyway, this is not an answer to your problem, but is it possible to just format the disk with regular old FAT?, e.g.:

mkfs.vfat /dev/sdd1

after having made backups, of course...

[Ryupower]

Unfortunately, I need the exFAT filesystem on it. FAT only supports up to 4 GB. I have files larger than that, and it needs to work with windows and mac.

[atreyu]

ah, okay. well, how about reformatting it with exFAT using Linux tools? I see the utility mkexfatfs is available in the exfat-utils package. I downloaded it for Fedora 16 from here. Maybe that would make a difference?

[Ryupower]

ah, okay. well, how about reformatting it with exFAT using Linux tools? I see the utility mkexfatfs is available in the exfat-utils package. [/URL]. Maybe that would make a difference?

Do you think this is the only way it'll work again?
I really wish not to format it if possible.

[Rubberman]

What about reformatting it with ntfs? I assume you are running some current Windows (XP or later) operating system which is why you want the exFAT partition, correct? If you are only going to use it with Linux, then format it with ext3 or ext4.

[jayd512]

Do you think this is the only way it'll work again?
I really wish not to format it if possible.

Would it be possible for you to copy the data, then format the drive, and restore the data?

[Ryupower]

Would it be possible for you to copy the data, then format the drive, and restore the data?

It would be possible, but it is a LOT of data and that would take a very long time. I'm trying to prevent formatting, as it is not guaranteed that it will change anything after I spend all the time copying.

What about reformatting it with ntfs? I assume you are running some current Windows (XP or later) operating system which is why you want the exFAT partition, correct? If you are only going to use it with Linux, then format it with ext3 or ext4.

I'm actually using Linux, Windows, and Mac OSX. Mac OSX can read and write NTFS with Mac-FUSE installed, but to do this at my college Macs I'd have to have administrator privs, which I don't because I'm just a student.

[atreyu]

Do you think this is the only way it'll work again?
I really wish not to format it if possible.

I have no idea if that is the only way (in fact, I'm sure it is not). To be honest, I don't even know if that would work...I'm just shooting spit-wads and seein' what will stick.

but just curious, why is reformatting such an undesirable option?

[Ryupower]

I have no idea if that is the only way (in fact, I'm sure it is not). To be honest, I don't even know if that would work...I'm just shooting spit-wads and seein' what will stick.

but just curious, why is reformatting such an undesirable option?

hey,
it's so time consuming because I have huge files on it, and it is not guaranteed that I won't get that error again if I do.