Re: [gentoo-user] Strange partition on USB stick

[Mick]

On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 06:27:50 Paul Hartman wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 12:18 AM, Mick <michaelkintzios@×××××.com> wrote:
> > On Tuesday 04 Oct 2011 04:39:45 Adam Carter wrote:
> >> If the data is important, I'd use ddrescue to create an image of the
> >> drive, then run testdisk over that image to see if it can untangle the
> >> partition table mess. Both are in portage.
> >
> > Well, that's the thing:  I'm not sure that there is a mess.  At least not
> > as far as parted is concerned, which can read the partition table
> > properly.
> >
> > I suspect that fdisk (unlike parted) is not capable of reading the device
> > correctly.
> >
> > I forgot to say that when mounted the USB stick shows not partitions
> > (i.e. there is no sdb1, sdb2, etc.)  To access the fs I must do
> > something like:
> >
> > pmount /dev/sdb
> >
> > and then all is lists under /media/sdb.  It is like a big floppy.
>
> I think that's your answer. The "partition table" looks funny because
> it isn't one. :) It is somewhat common. I've had some myself that are
> like that.

If there isn't a partition table, then why fdisk sees /dev/sdb1-4 with 
somewhat strange ID types?
-- 
Regards,
Mick