Before, during and after plugging in a n USB stick: $ cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name win-mounts
8 0 1000204632 sda 8 1 102400 sda1 8 2 16384 sda2 8 3 999571820 sda3 C:\ 8 4 510976 sda4 $ cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name win-mounts 8 0 1000204632 sda 8 1 102400 sda1 8 2 16384 sda2 8 3 999571820 sda3 C:\ 8 4 510976 sda4 8 16 62522712 sdb 8 17 4096000 sdb1 D:\ 8 18 58424664 sdb2 8 16 62522712 sdb 8 17 4096000 sdb1 D:\ 8 18 58424664 sdb2 E:\ $ cat /proc/partitions major minor #blocks name win-mounts 8 0 1000204632 sda 8 1 102400 sda1 8 2 16384 sda2 8 3 999571820 sda3 C:\ 8 4 510976 sda4 8 16 62522712 sdb 8 17 4096000 sdb1 D:\ 8 18 58424664 sdb2 E:\ So the second listing shows sdb twice. Also E: does not seem to exist (see below). After that I run: $ cygcheck -s -v -r > cygcheck.out cygcheck: dump_sysinfo: GetVolumeInformation() for drive E: failed: 1005 In attached cygcheck.out i swapped out company name and abbreviation with XXXX. Windows sees no E: drive: DISKPART> list volume Volume ### Ltr Label Fs Type Size Status Info ---------- --- ----------- ----- ---------- ------- --------- -------- Volume 0 C NTFS Partition 953 GB Healthy Boot Volume 1 FAT32 Partition 100 MB Healthy System Volume 2 NTFS Partition 499 MB Healthy Hidden Volume 3 D FFT2 FAT Removable 4000 MB Healthy (there is no mention of E: in Disk Management GUI either) Regards, David -- Problem reports: https://cygwin.com/problems.html FAQ: https://cygwin.com/faq/ Documentation: https://cygwin.com/docs.html Unsubscribe info: https://cygwin.com/ml/#unsubscribe-simple