I will NOT give up!

Forum: Other Help Topics
Topic: I will NOT give up!
started by: 1nc09nit0

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Posted by 1nc09nit0 on May 28 2005,13:12

i have tried to format my usb stick in linux using "cfdisk /dev/sda1" but it tells me that the partition is wrong and that it starts at the ent of the disk

when i tried sfdisk it says "warning start=32 - this looks like a partition rater than the entire disk. using fdisk on it is probably meaningless."

any help?

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Posted by mikshaw on May 28 2005,13:34

/dev/sda1 is "a partition rather than the entire disk".  Try '/dev/sda' instead.

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Posted by 1nc09nit0 on May 28 2005,18:54

i tried that with cfdisk
/dev/sda came up with the same error message

its starting to give me a headache  

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Posted by SaidinUnleashed on May 29 2005,00:30

Perhaps your usb stick does not have a partition table.

You should be able use fdisk (not cfdisk or sfdisk) to create a new one.

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Posted by 1nc09nit0 on May 29 2005,11:20

the thing that i dont get is that my usb sick CLAIMED it was already bootable, yet it isnt

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