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lucky13

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Posted: May 19 2008,00:07

(1) with it inserted: sudo fdisk -l
(2) Back up any data on the stick, zero out its partition table, repartition it using fdisk or cfdisk, use mkdosfs (from dsl) to put the filesystem on it, try mounting it again.

I don't trust g/parted for (2).

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lkraemer

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Posted: May 19 2008,20:47

I used Gparted the last test to make a FAT 32 Partition LBA, & Boot.
It appears to be what is on the PNY now.

Here is the output from fdisk.
sudo fdisk -l /dev/sdb

Disk /dev/sdb: 2026 MB, 2026373120 bytes
255 heads, 63 sectors/track, 246 cylinders
Units = cylinders of 16065 * 512 = 8225280 bytes
Disk identifier: 0x00066eb4

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System
/dev/sdb1 * 1 246 1975963+ c W95 FAT32 (LBA)

I don't know how to zero out the partition table, or make
a new partition using fdisk, or the use of mkdosfs.
Will you please be more specific, with the terminal commands to help me do this?
I have done man fdisk, and mkdosfs, but need more details.

Thanks.

lkraemer

lucky13

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Posted: May 19 2008,21:12

Before we go to the option of last resort, let's look at one more thing. With it inserted, what's in /etc/fstab for it? You can paste in the contents of the entire file or just the line for /dev/sdb1 (if that's the same device, else whichever node is set for it). I want to see what hotplug is doing with its point since it shows up in fdisk -l with a partition (which should be mountable).

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lkraemer

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Posted: May 20 2008,09:47

lucky13,
I may have mis-lead you. The output of fdisk is from my
Ubuntu 8.04 machine. I can't get DSL 4.3 to show the
same output with the same command. It says not
recognized. Sorry, for the confusion. But, lsusb
does see it as a Toshiba device as posted above on DSL.

On Ubuntu the mount point is /media/disk. Nothing ever
shows up in emelfm for a mount point. I haven't been
able to find anything about it in a Terminal window either.
Gparted LiveCD will show the partition and that is what I
have been using.

Thanks for your help, sorry for the confusion.

lkraemer

lucky13

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Posted: May 20 2008,11:11

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The output of fdisk is from my
Ubuntu 8.04 machine. I can't get DSL 4.3 to show the
same output with the same command.

Ahhh. And in DSL hotplug isn't setting any point at all or even an entry in /etc/fstab (even for /dev/sdb without a partition number)? I was hoping it was at least setting a point/enrty in fstab but with a wrong filesystem or even wrong node.

The mount points between distros will vary, so that's beside the point. And the differences between 2.6 (Ubuntu) and 2.4 (DSL) in handling all of this are significant. What shouldn't matter so much is recognition of the device's filesystem(s) so the same task -- mounting -- can be handled either way.

Let me know if this is absolutely essential for you to use DSL and if you're concerned and willing enough to repartition and format manually. It's not very difficult (aside from backing up), but there's also no guarantee it will result in any difference from what you have now.

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