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On Fri, 9 Oct 2009 07:56:49 +0100, Mick wrote: |
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> Some USB sticks are formatted as floppy disks (?) and show up |
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> as /dev/sda (instead of /dev/sda1). I have had no problems mounting |
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> these in Linux or MSWindows, but wouldn't know how to format them in |
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> Linux. |
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mkfs.vfat -I /dev/sdX |
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> Their partitions look all over the shop. |
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> # fdisk -l /dev/sda |
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> Disk /dev/sda: 1022 MB, 1022623744 bytes |
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> 32 heads, 61 sectors/track, 1023 cylinders |
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> Units = cylinders of 1952 * 512 = 999424 bytes |
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> Disk identifier: 0x69737369 |
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> This doesn't look like a partition table |
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That's because there are no partitions and no partition table, the |
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filesystem filled the unpartitioned disk. The Sony E-Reader uses this |
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method for its internal flash storage and KDE has no problems |
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automounting it. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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